Ubuntu security - spyware, viruses, cache cleaning, etc.

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Paul McNett Wrote: 
> Marc wrote:[color=blue]

> All I can say is that the Windows people are constantly having to patch
> 

> this or that, upgrade this anti-spyware, add this other because the 

> first didn't cut it, and they still manage to get infected even though
> 

> they've followed all the supposed best-practices. This comment applies
> 

> to single-user systems as well as corporate networks with full-time IT
> 

> departments. *So* much time and money is invested just to keep Windows
> 

> running smoothly and avoiding the latest malware threat.

> 

> Contrast that with the Mac/Linux people, who don't tend to have any 

> antivirus/antispyware software running, and have never had an issue
> that 

> I know about. To some extent, Windows is unfairly targeted because it 

> has the most users, but there have been many threats against open
> source 

> software and in my experience the security holes get plugged much
> faster 

> in the open world versus the closed world.

> 

> 



I manage around 60+ XP desktops at work.  I'm the PC support guy. 
Thanks to Windows problems, I have a job:) I've recently switched to
Breezy at home and I love it.  I constantly have to deal with users
spyware issues at work.  I can only dream of a world where spyware
doesn't exist.  Although I'm sure if most people used Linux then
spyware would be developed to hack their systems but I agree that it
would be fixed a whole hell of a lot quicker.


-- 
squirrelyosis