On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:57:20 -0700, Doris Day - MFB wrote:
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> This reply is not coming from Outhouse Express, hence not top posted ...
> Frank wrote:
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>> Bill wrote:
>> ...he will be able to use his computer without fear of viruses or
>> spyware.
>>
>> BS! You're under a false impression, deluding yourself and most of all,
>> giving false hope and big misinformation to your "clients' about viruss
>> and linux.
>>
>> [url]http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3307459975.html[/url]
>>
>> You need to read'em and heed'em.
>> Frank[/color]
>
> What a fscking moron! You send him to an OLD article (4 years old) that
> is an interview with a guy trying to sell virus protection for Linux.
> When you do go to Central Command's (his) website and check on the
> anti-virus software they sell for Linux (
> [url]http://www.centralcommand.com/linux_server.html[/url] ) it states clearly it's
> used to protect Windoze client workstations that store executables and
> data on a Linux file server. In other words you dimwit, their software
> is to protect Windoze systems.
>
> Please go and find a Linux virus - that's in the wild today - that can
> harm a Linux system. Tell us about any infected Linux boxes you can
> verify outside a lab somewhere. Viruses don't exist in the wild for
> Linux desktops because by the very nature of Linux - the complete
> separation of the kernel space from the user space, won't allow viruses
> to propagate and that is exactly what viruses need to do. If you knew
> even the slightest bit about Linux you'd know that the user would have
> to be as stupid as you to get a virus in the first place. In fact, being
> as stupid as you, he wouldn't be able to accomplish getting a virus.
> He'd have to purposely install the virus, make it executable and then
> try and run it. Then it would only affect the user space if he could do
> that.
>
> Guess, we can't expect anything better from the pig-for-brains Frankie
> Boy. <snort>
>
> Love and Kisses,
> Doris[/color]

Hi Doris:
I have missed you. I just ran rkhunter and clam...no root kits or
viruses. I guess I could waste more time and check it every week...lol.
I like rkhunter...it checks and warns and then I use clam to check any
suspicious activity. But I feel like the Maytag repairman. I have
Windows XP on a virtual machine and I use spybot and avast on there. You
can't run Windows without virus protection. I had forgotten that I had
installed clam on Linux a long time ago...i undusted it today. When I go
to a site that wants to install something on my computer, I laugh, since
it is probably an .exe file, etc. It would need wine to run. I could
have a virus in the wine directory, if I really tried...I guess. Even if
something should infect a browser..you just delete the browser hidden dir
and the browser returns to its pristine state. Windows advocates just
don't know the freedom that we have in Linux.
I hope you have a nice day skewing the MVP's
Love,
Bill

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