Newbie still confused about potential for virus problems on Ubuntu

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tell that to the people who make clamav...

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu)
<amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be> wrote:
> Ed Oneill schreef:
>
>> What is the chances of virus problem on ubuntu 8.10 if used to surf
>> web, open e-mail and fileshare with transmission?
>
> None.
>
>> Am I correct thinking the Ubuntu os is not in danger
>
> Yes.
>
>> only a windows based system I would interact with is at risk
>
> Yes.
>
>> and that is the reason to use virus scanners?
>
> Yes.
>
>> Has anyone useing Ubuntu had virus issues
>
> No.
>
>> and how would you know what are some of the possible problems if they
>> exist ?
>
> Windows viruses cannot infect Linux.
>
> The very few Linux viruses that do exist, are not in the wild. Anyway
> the design of Linux makes it very hard for viruses to propagate. You'd
> have to run as root all the time. And since Ubuntu has no root...
>
> You should be more scared of browser exploits like cross-site scripting
> or clickjacking, than of Linux viruses.
>
>
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