On 3/22/06, Kevanf1
???? 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 ~