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 -- Andre Truter | Software Engineer | Registered Linux user #185282 ICQ #40935899 | AIM: trusoftzaf | http://www.trusoft.co.za ~ A dinosaur is a salamander designed to Mil Spec ~