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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux viruses
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:32:36
Message-Id: 51E067D2.8030402@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux viruses by Timur Aydin
1 Am 12.07.2013 18:36, schrieb Timur Aydin:
2 > On 7/5/2013 11:12 PM, Dale wrote:
3 >> I since did some googling and it seems I am right and he just thought I
4 >> was some know nothing guy he could sell some service too. Anyway, has
5 >> anything changed to make Linux more prone to viruses than it used to
6 >> be? I read a percentage somewhere that said like 99% of viruses are
7 >> windoze only. Is there a indisputable source of information on this?
8 >
9 > Linux is inherently more secure than Windows, but it isn't so much
10 > more secure that only 1% of all viruses can attack it. Virus
11 > developers don't have a financial incentive to develop Linux viruses
12 > (not enough Linux users, most Linux users knowledgeable about
13 > computers, and moral reasons).
14 >
15 moral reasons... you just made my day....

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