Re: [gentoo-user] Linux viruses

[Davide De Prisco]

If you use a open source system probably you want that the community help
you with your security problems and you can help the community with bug
finder. Linux is not perfect but it's the best system that the community
can write. The community want you.
Il giorno 10/lug/2013 06:13, "Dale" <rdalek1967@×××××.com> ha scritto:

> Walter Dnes wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 08:41:21PM -0500, Dale wrote
> >
> >> OK.  I do banking online.  I also pay my bills online along with social
> >> sites as well.  I use Lastpass so that I can have some really REALLY
> >> funky passwords.  I think I am one of few that has not had his facebook
> >> hacked.  Anyway, I run Gentoo which is known here.  I use
> >> Firefox/Seamonkey as my web browser.  So next question sort of takes us
> >> back to my point with the knucklehead in the store.  Am I safer, much
> >> safer, using Linux over windoze?  That answer would take into account
> >> the fact that most virus/nasty code is written for windoze and not Linux
> >> but also that Linux is just built with security in mind.  I belive that
> >> I am much safer with Linux myself.
> >   You are safer overall.  Just watch out for XSS (cross-site-scripting),
> > java, Flash, and acrobat exploits.
> >
>
>
> That's my thinking but wanted a second opinion.  So far, I have never
> had anything hacked.  That includes social sites, banking and other
> financial stuff, email and other password protected stuff.  I keep
> everything updated and use browsers that are popular and updated
> frequently.  I think Lastpass helps too.  I have one good password and
> it remember the really hard ones.  So far, it works well.
>
> Thanks for the second opinion.  It ended up like I thought.  ;-)
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
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