__/ [ Oliver Wong ] on Thursday 24 August 2006 18:01 \__
> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisemac/archives/2006/08/is_windows_inhe.html
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> This reply is just to let nessuno know that I have read and thought
> about the issues discussed in the article. Unfortunately, I don't feel
> qualified to comment on it in any depth, as I'm not familiar with the
> topics Tom Yager discusses.
Oliver,
Have a look here:
The short life and hard times of a Linux virus
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| For a Linux binary virus to infect executables, those executables must
| be writable by the user activating the virus. That is not likely to be
| the case. Chances are, the programs are owned by root and the user is
| running from a non-privileged account. Further, the less experienced
| the user, the lower the likelihood that he actually owns any
| executable programs. Therefore, the users who are the least savvy about
| such hazards are also the ones with the least fertile home directories
| for viruses.
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