Linux is far from being free of malware??!!

[Aere Greenway]

Nio:

Thank you for the information, and the link.  It was all good 
information to read.

- Aere


On 01/04/2014 11:34 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> 2014-01-04 18:44, Aere Greenway skrev:
>> On 01/04/2014 05:12 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2197530
>>>
>>> What do you think? :)
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>>> Best Regards,
>>> amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
>>> Areas of Involvement <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/AreasOfInvolvement>
>>> My Projects <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/Projects>
>>>
>>>
>> Ali, and All (hmm... the two names look very similar:
>>
>>
>> Not having technical insight into the area, all I can respond to this
>> with, is my experience.
> ...
>
>> Anyway, that is my experience, and my future plans.  If any of you have
>> information that might show my future plans to be risky, please
>> enlighten me (and others) of it.
>>
>> -- 
>> Sincerely,
>> Aere
> Hi Aere,
>
> Thank you for the nice poem earlier and for today's detailed report
> about your experience of security in linux and Windows! I will add only
> one comment and one link:
>
>> I worry that if I ever had to re-install one of my Windows XP systems
>> (after April 2014) if I would be able to 'activate' the re-installed
>> system.
> I suggest that you backup your Windows systems by cloning (or making
> compressed images) with Clonezilla. That way you will be able to restore
> them without reinstalling, so there is no need for communication with
> Microsoft, and you can keep them as long as the computers live.
>
> Finally, here is the link to an Ubuntu wiki page about security
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BasicSecurity
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>


-- 
Sincerely,
Aere