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Old 06-21-2008, 11:39 PM
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I think there are somewhere around 20 viruses for Linux. The chances of getting one is very low.
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Old 06-22-2008, 02:00 PM
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You'll have to *want* to get a virus ) to get one. That's why I like Linux so much.
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I count 21 total. You can see all of them at Linux malware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 06-24-2008, 02:08 PM
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There's a firewall that should keep out everything that might attack your computer, check my thread on linux security
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I count 21 total. You can see all of them at Linux malware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wow, I haven't known there were so many Thanks for sharing this interesting info!
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Old 06-27-2008, 09:33 PM
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So many? 21 is an incredibly low numbers of virus, considering the hundreds of thousands windows has
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Old 06-28-2008, 12:08 PM
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That is a lot for the Linux OS.
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