[UCLA-LUG] viruses

Gareth J. Greenaway gareth@wiked.org
Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:57:14 -0800 (PST)


There is no such thing as a virus in the un*x world.  There are such
things are trojan horses but no virii.


					Gareth Greenaway
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, KIRSCH,BRADLEY L wrote:

> I'm a Linux newbie, and I was wondering how prevalent viruses were in the
> unix world compared to windows.  I've run into enough problems with
> viruses using windows to know that they can be devastating, so I'd like to
> try to protect my Linux system to avoid such problems.  Any advice on how
> to get started?
> 
> Brad Kirsch
> 
> 
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