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 3E8911381F3 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2013 20:12:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 768A4E0A07; Fri, 5 Jul 2013 20:12:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gg0-f182.google.com (mail-gg0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 480B4E098A for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2013 20:12:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-gg0-f182.google.com with SMTP id f1so826760ggn.13 for ; Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:12:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=flhPeKO/MPNgbf7kZ9+IZnuSTogCUZ4Zi31oTSNWwlo=; b=LvqF4pTkI7lF69LGSNr0dFg5sDao7IEGc+b1Vt/TXI9eSf/9VGJno0bXvY/CtQ90VK Pc4bjQ+OGZf/O0TT0VNQZLqWwboswDGqDHCOqcE6t2XixBQh13qstADlGdKqR/ZGA7TC bszGAdN2Hhi3RxpfOZRifekK2Fr7yPpxxC1VTiHic3TwGAuVRxyWYFMgoVnA2CPAzgKm 8rqArdEBLQzrQMzAEs9o7u2PjQWAO0qm47d6uyj+myqVJGjfzkacVQuSMZqOgEmK4/dU PnkKp1WeikHQPeXpGdeIdoECH0F582jBGCjyiZ0/R6XaKpn9CUP7RBaZESjxHDHCXv2I 08sw== X-Received: by 10.236.56.73 with SMTP id l49mr6770622yhc.24.1373055165312; Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:12:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-120-51.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.120.51]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id m5sm14952723yha.23.2013.07.05.13.12.43 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:12:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51D728BA.4060906@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 15:12:42 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0 SeaMonkey/2.17.1 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 To: Gentoo User Subject: [gentoo-user] Linux viruses X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b5ab484c-c9cc-4a63-802a-15a092479e05 X-Archives-Hash: 40542c577463d6dad30ada1061833177 I had a interesting adventure the other day. A friend of mine's son is getting ready to go to college. Budget is tight so we went to find a used laptop for him. I went into the local puter shop and the techie guy there had a interesting statement that makes me think I'm not recommending them for computer service to anyone else. While we was chatting, he said that Linux is just as prone to getting a virus as windoze and so is a Mac. I think my laughing let him know I wasn't buying his comment. I since did some googling and it seems I am right and he just thought I was some know nothing guy he could sell some service too. Anyway, has anything changed to make Linux more prone to viruses than it used to be? I read a percentage somewhere that said like 99% of viruses are windoze only. Is there a indisputable source of information on this? Thanks. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!