From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9156E1381F3 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 03:54:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B5819E09B9; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 03:54:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D08BE0960 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 03:54:28 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EABK/CFFLd/xm/2dsb2JhbAAuFr8OF3OCHgEBBAE6HCgLCyEMBxIPBSUQJ4gLBrEfkA6NCE0MgkhhA41+gi+FX4V+iHCBXoMT X-IPAS-Result: Av8EABK/CFFLd/xm/2dsb2JhbAAuFr8OF3OCHgEBBAE6HCgLCyEMBxIPBSUQJ4gLBrEfkA6NCE0MgkhhA41+gi+FX4V+iHCBXoMT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="18551183" Received: from 75-119-252-102.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([75.119.252.102]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 09 Jul 2013 23:54:20 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 09 Jul 2013 23:54:19 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 23:54:19 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux viruses Message-ID: <20130710035419.GA26789@waltdnes.org> References: <51D728BA.4060906@gmail.com> <51D73FFF.9020200@iinet.net.au> <51D746E5.1040606@gmail.com> <20130707092526.GA14811@waltdnes.org> <51DABD73.1080609@gmail.com> <20130709233957.GB20591@waltdnes.org> <51DCBBC1.1090606@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51DCBBC1.1090606@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: ef5b2365-1655-442f-accc-de315a9cba35 X-Archives-Hash: b35c87f2df4a89f00c0d3c06d04f0f98 On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 08:41:21PM -0500, Dale wrote > OK. I do banking online. I also pay my bills online along with social > sites as well. I use Lastpass so that I can have some really REALLY > funky passwords. I think I am one of few that has not had his facebook > hacked. Anyway, I run Gentoo which is known here. I use > Firefox/Seamonkey as my web browser. So next question sort of takes us > back to my point with the knucklehead in the store. Am I safer, much > safer, using Linux over windoze? That answer would take into account > the fact that most virus/nasty code is written for windoze and not Linux > but also that Linux is just built with security in mind. I belive that > I am much safer with Linux myself. You are safer overall. Just watch out for XSS (cross-site-scripting), java, Flash, and acrobat exploits. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications