Avast antivirus for linux

[David Vincent]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 14:30 -0700, David Vincent wrote:
>> BZZZT!  WRONG!
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_computer_viruses
>>
>> Honestly...
> 
> Honestly, this link comes up every time, and it is ridiculous to compare
> these in any way to Windows. I won't repeat what I wrote several times
> before when this topic erupted, but I challenge you to not blindly post
> a link, but to actually research the malware in this list: search for
> them in the malware databases of Symantec, etc.
> 
> You will find "proof of concept", "never seen in the wild", and so on in
> nearly every case, except maybe for some server worms whose exploits
> have been fixed long ago, too.

Methinks thou dost misquote too much.

When did I compare to Windows?  I am challenging the statement that
there are NO VIRUSES FOR LINUX.

I was trying to dispel another Karl beauty:

>> >     So far ALL virus are written for Windows.

...which is just nonsense.

- -d


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFID0OifpRzWFIV0XMRAlnkAJ41I12LrtU8CvOFZGvyD/ap1gTqpwCfV19z
MEaLfnOyutc2Wo3vIO6Z+NI=
=ZCRp
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----