[techtalk] Question for the group

[Henti Smith]

Hi there Clare.
 
I'm not sure .. but this would prolly classify as my personal thought why
not ;P 
 
Linux/Unix as such don't have "Viruses" in the windows sence .. maynely
becuase of the privalige system unix uses when it comes to running
applications .. and the way memory is used ..  one application cannot effect
another .. there for the classic way of spreading a virus cannot happen .. 
 
Trojans on the other hand does accur .. but so does users that type "rm -rf"
in root as root ;P 
 
the only example I have heard of theinthign similar .. is the internet worm
.. but as I understand that was something totally different 
 
hope that helps :) 
 
Henti 
 
Viruses

-----Original Message-----
From: Clare Smith [mailto:claresmith at pcisys.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 6:28 PM
To: Techtalk
Subject: [techtalk] Question for the group


One of my unix students ask me if unix/linux had the same plethora of
viruses that Windows/NT has. While I couldn't sight any statistics, I said I
hadn't heard of any successful unix/linux viruses. I did some research this
morning and still can't come up with any hard data. Any ideas?
 

Clare 
claresmith at pcisys.net <mailto:claresmith at pcisys.net> 

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