basic - continued
Cybe R. Wizard
cyber_wizard at mindspring.com
Mon Feb 8 16:42:22 UTC 2010
On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:37:04 +0100
Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
> But what it comes down to is that there are no know wild Linux viruses
> or other infective programs yet.
Bingo! That's just my point. They can only help with old
attacks (of which there are none of any consequence /for
Linux/) /unless/ the new attacks hold some similarity to old attacks.
No matter how tightly one positions one's software protectors,
someone/something must still protect the flanks of that phalanx.
> Because of this, most people don't
> run anti-viral programs and even if they did they likely would not
> catch whatever new thing does get invented.
But it's better to have and not need than vice-versa.
Cybe R. Wizard -dang, must be platitude day for me
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