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 8003C1381F3 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:37:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AA5B7E09BA; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:37:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oproxy12-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy12-pub.bluehost.com [50.87.16.10]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 66616E086E for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:37:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 28790 invoked by uid 0); 12 Jul 2013 16:37:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box401.bluehost.com) (69.89.31.201) by oproxy12.bluehost.com with SMTP; 12 Jul 2013 16:37:25 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=taydin.org; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:To:MIME-Version:From:Date:Message-ID; bh=/oPJ3RrOd7XCst2D/JQZwXH0Gzg60+Jb6iTmC/YGZ0I=; b=EQzEmLgRAAwSCLoxcTj4nvo2O11N92oWetkEltjaHXDdTeicJggHlLyTu5jJf0Gh89+ZwyNM2M3pF/KEmXswuRPKBETFJhIFaPbhuKpe+4bu63IgJw2UsJ1I4Q/Sskhc; Received: from [199.127.251.25] (port=52290 helo=[10.2.1.100]) by box401.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:CAMELLIA256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UxgLV-0007Rp-Aj for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 10:37:25 -0600 Message-ID: <51E030A5.5010504@taydin.org> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:36:53 +0300 From: Timur Aydin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130620 Thunderbird/17.0.7 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@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux viruses References: <51D728BA.4060906@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51D728BA.4060906@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Identified-User: {1590:box401.bluehost.com:taydinor:taydin.org} {sentby:smtp auth 199.127.251.25 authed with ta@taydin.org} X-Archives-Salt: 88a33161-efff-447e-9281-975c6d04515c X-Archives-Hash: 8c2a9c05a5917553bf70cdbc5583049d On 7/5/2013 11:12 PM, Dale wrote: > 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? Linux is inherently more secure than Windows, but it isn't so much more secure that only 1% of all viruses can attack it. Virus developers don't have a financial incentive to develop Linux viruses (not enough Linux users, most Linux users knowledgeable about computers, and moral reasons). -- Timur Aydin