Central Command predicts sky is falling.

Central Command predicts sky is falling.

Posted Mar 19, 2003 6:29 UTC (Wed) by flewellyn (subscriber, #5047)
Parent article: Central Command predicts Linux viable channel for virus infections

Okay, so a major anti-virus software maker is trying to drum up Linux business by trying to scare people who know the systems better than the company in question? Good tactic.

I think I've read about one Linux virus in the past two years, rst.b I think. Granted, that is a 100% increase in the number of known Linux viruses (aside from "proof of concept" viruses that were developed in laboratories), so statistically it looks alarming. Of course, statistically everyone in the US has 1.5 children, and I haven't seen any half-kids running around.

Granted, we here in Linuxland have our share of security holes, but A) they involve root exploits, not viruses, and B) we fix them. Can't quite say the same for the competition.

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