On 22/03/06, Andre Truter <andre.truter@gmail.com> wrote:
On 3/22/06, Kevanf1 <kevanf1@gmail.com> wrote:
???? No, Linux cannot be infected with the same viruses (virii if you prefer) as Microsoft operating systems can be. There are some viruses that only affect certain versions of Windows too. A virus could infect Internet Explorer only if it was running in WINE. Once WINE was closed the virus would have nowhere to live/hide. On a Windows system the virus hides away in whatever files the virus writer has chosen. Those files do not exist in the same manner on a Linux system.
Or have I been told wrong all these many times?
Nope, here is an article of a guy that tried really hard to get his Linux box infected
http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/25/1430222&from=rss
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Thank you Andre, for a while there I thought I was going totally loopy. At least I am learning something from all these technical websites and books I read :-) -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Xmas may be over but, PLEASE DON'T drink and drive you'll make it to the next one that way. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR