Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3470 mails)

[Marco Oliveira <marco_oliveira@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there,

"...This is true to a point, but be aware that Windows Virus can cause 
problems
> when using programs such as samba, wine or other software that provide
> services for Windows. ..."

Can you explain that, please ?

Thanks




On Tuesday 02 September 2003 22:07, Graham Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 06:54, Dylan wrote:
> > On Tuesday 02 September 2003 21:33, Marco Oliveira wrote:
> > > Hi there, i have some questions about virus and linux, can you help me
> > > ?
> > >
> > > 1 - I would like to know if linux is affected by windows virus and
> > > worms ?
> >
> > Not directly, no. The virus program won't run on Linux, so you might
> > receive one but it won't be able to infect the machine or deliver any
> > other payload.
>
> This is true to a point, but be aware that Windows Virus can cause problems
> when using programs such as samba, wine or other software that provide
> services for Windows.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Graham Smith
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