Re: Unix NOT secure against Viruses on home PCs

From: Mike (NoSpam_at_NoSpam.net)
Date: 10/04/04 

Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 09:06:39 -0400

On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 16:05:53 +0200, Daniel Mewes <danielmewes@web.de>
wrote:

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>It is an often used argument that Linux/Unix machines are not affected by
>viruses, because most users do not work as root.
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> blah... blah... blah

Wasn't this posted once before very recently? Why the need to repost?

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