RE: [techtalk] Question for the group

[Henti Smith]

Hi there Clare.   I'm not sure .. but this would prolly classify as my personal thought why not ;P   Linux/Unix as such don't have "Viruses" in the windows sence .. maynely becuase of the privalige system unix uses when it comes to running applications .. and the way memory is used ..  one application cannot effect another .. there for the classic way of spreading a virus cannot happen ..   Trojans on the other hand does accur .. but so does users that type "rm -rf" in root as root ;P   the only example I have heard of theinthign similar .. is the internet worm .. but as I understand that was something totally different   hope that helps :)   Henti   Viruses -----Original Message----- From: Clare Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 6:28 PM To: Techtalk Subject: [techtalk] Question for the group One of my unix students ask me if unix/linux had the same plethora of viruses that Windows/NT has. While I couldn't sight any statistics, I said I hadn't heard of any successful unix/linux viruses. I did some research this morning and still can't come up with any hard data. Any ideas?   Clare  [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."  ~Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)