Re: BBC Click - Botnets feature - Have they broken the law?
- From: Judith Smith <judithsmith@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:45:26 +0000
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:03:22 +0000, Cynic <cynic_999@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:50:43 -0700 (PDT), toadwarble <jmc@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The main reason there are so many more such things around against MS
software is that such a high proportion of the world's computers are
running it.
Absolutely untrue - check out the facts.
Try writing a virus for Linux.
*Plenty* of viruses and exploits have been written for Linux systems.
Linux users tend to be more technically savvy than average (they have
to be to get Linux running satisfactorily). Therefore they are not so
easily conned into running malware.
"they have to be to get Linux running satisfactorily. " - bait?
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