On 28/08/09 13:21, John Matthews wrote: > Hi Alan, > > thank you for the e-mail, those two urls are really useful. I did check > on both, dont much understand what it has to say, but I do know now that > I seem to be secure, and I can make it eve more secure if I want it. > > I only asked, because I have a program on windows, that suddenly > appeared to develop a virus, just out of nowhere. It was. I contacted > the developer, and was told there was actually a virus in the .exe file. > which kind of surprised me, since I have used this application for a > couple of years, and its the first time that has happened. Its been > sorted. I just wanted to make sure, I couldnt get a virus or anything > else on Ubuntu. <snip />
One thing you might be interested in looking at is this: http://www.wildlist.org/WildList/200907.htm This organisation track viruses that are actually "in the wild" and affecting real computers. Note how *all* 953 active virus start with W32? That is the Windows API. These won't trouble Linux computers. Of course, you *could* potentially pass them on via email etc, but it is unlikely. Alan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
