RE: Do viruses exist on Linux ?

From: -=Brian Truter=- (brian_at_famvid.com)
Date: 05/25/04

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Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 12:41:18 -0500

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com
    > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Rui Miguel Seabra
    > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:33 PM
    > To: fedora-list@redhat.com
    > Subject: RE: Do viruses exist on Linux ?
    >
    > ooo be afraid... be very afraid...
    >
    > Anti-Virus producer warns about viruses in GNU/Linux and that
    > you should run and buy their product.
    >
    > Not a word about the history of those "viruses" do they?
    > I think the count is still in the dozens (3? 4?) and most of
    > them never got out of labs.
    > Most of them are really trojan horses or worms, and not
    > viruses, and most if not all had a very short life until the
    > software bug they relied on to run was covered.
    >
    > Compare that to how many millions?
    >
    > Rui
    >

    I don't really think that debate is part of the author of the origional
    post's question. He simply asked if there were Linux virii, and was there
    Linux Anti-Virus software.

    The answer to both is undeniably "yes", as referenced in the rest of the
    thread posts 

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