Avast antivirus for linux

Mario Vukelic mario.vukelic at dantian.org
Wed Apr 23 16:21:22 UTC 2008


On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 07:11 -0700, David Vincent wrote:
> Methinks thou dost misquote too much.

Like where?

> 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.

Well, it was Karl ;)

I agree that the original statement was too strong, but to counter it
with a list of mostly proof-of-concept viruses that never were able to
replicate and were confined to a few machines (if found in the wild at
all) is just as nonsensical.





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