Microsoft wants you to "Get the Facts Straight"

[Stephen]

Donn wrote:
> On Thursday 10 September 2009 13:17:36 Stephen wrote:
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>> and only 500 that can attack linux
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> Yikes! Do you have a link?
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> \d
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I couldn't find the link where I read that. I did a google search and 
found that there are less than 100 linux viruses.


This is the link that I estimated 500 linux viruses. But it was a long 
time ago and they didn't have the part about the number of viruses doubling.

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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware>

There has not yet been a single widespread Linux malware threat of the 
type that Microsoft Windows software currently faces; this is commonly 
attributed to the malware's lack of root access and fast updates to most 
Linux vulnerabilities.^ 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware#cite_note-Yeargin-1>

The number of malicious programs—including viruses, Trojans, and other 
threats—specifically written for Linux has been on the increase in 
recent years and more than doubled during 2005 from 422 to 863.^ 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware#cite_note-Patrizio-2>

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Stephen