8 Apr
2006
8 Apr
'06
04:34
On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 09:23 -0400, Chris Jones wrote:
Is it impossible to write Spyware, Viruses, Malicious Software for Linux? Or is just that Microsoft is the favorite target?
It's not impossible to write them, it is difficult to propagate them. That has to do with Linux permissions et. al. On Windows folks seem to be less security conscious, so that and MS' desire (actually how they execute it,) to make computing easy for the masses, creates a big target.
I keep my Windows firewall and anit-virus, anti-spyware programs up to date (all free ware) and I haven't had any problems.
I do too, but then I don't use my windows for much but Taxes any more.