trojans and Ubuntu

[Gerald Dachs]

Am Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:11:50 -0400
schrieb Joel Goguen <jgoguen at jgoguen.ca>:

Never write direct to my email address. Use always the list.

> Gerald Dachs wrote:
> | This is not really a good solution, because it gives a wrong feeling
> | of safety. Recent tests have shown that the detection rate of
> | virus scanners is decreasing significantly, since coding
> | of viruses and trojans is a multimillion business.
> |
> | Gerald
> |
> What else would you suggest in place of virus scanning for detection?
> Or is there anything else better?  I work for a university technical
> support department, and I'd like to know so I can offer better advice
> to the Windows users we support.

Use Linux! If you need Windows for gambling then don't connect it to
the Internet. If you have to use Windows for other reasons, live
with the risk.

Gerald