Stefan Hundhammer wrote:
Just think about it: The major points of attack of the well-known Windows viruses simply don't exist. No Linux programmer in his right mind will write a mail client that simply executes anything that might be a piece of code in a mail attachment. There are no ActiveX controls that are commonly downloaded and executed as the user surfs the web. There is no plethora of games and warez that users are so used to download and execute without thinking. And even if any of those scenarios actually happen, it will hit that one user, not the entire system. Sure, that's bad for that one user (and hopefully that user has a backup of the files he invested time in on a USB stick or DVD or some other media). But it's not the complete system that is compromised.
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FWIW, one thing I would like to scan is USB external drives. Recently I plugged my USB flash drive into a customer's computer and wound up with a virus on it. Many years ago, floppies were a common way of spreading a virus. Now USB drives fill that role. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org