A virus or two

[Maxime Alarie]

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From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Liviu Andronic
Sent: 24 November 2010 13:13
To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
Subject: Re: A virus or two

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Doug Robinson <dkrr at telus.net> wrote:
>    What is the current state of the virus problem on the generic linux
> system and
> should I become concerned enough to actually do something?
>
A nice overview of Linux vs Mac vs Windows, including some comments on viruses.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/11/operating_systems

Liviu


> Thank you for your time.
>
> dkr
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Hi, 


Ive been using Linux  on and off since RedHat 7.1, I never got infected with any viruses..
I am not familiar with how software repositories work,  but I think that if someone breaks into a software repository, like ubuntu's, it could be very harmful.