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lol MAC and Linux fan boys saying there OS is secure, do you really think that? Honestly? You don't just think its market share that determines who's going to go after what?
If you think your safe from viruses or other threats your living in cloud cukoo land and being so complacent it aint even funny.
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![]() The reason linux is not attacked as often is because the amount of users using linux is very low in comparison to windows and osx. Also if you count all the different distros using different security flaws/strengths it would be extremely difficult to create a virus that did any significant damage. Also the people who write these virii (or whatever the plural) usually have a bone to pick or some sort of anti-corporate agenda so windows and to a lesser extent OSX is a perfect target. I use Vista/xp/ubuntu/open suse so I am reasonably well positioned to make a judgement on the matter.
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To date I think there are about 75 virus total for Linux. Most of linux's problems come from security holes.
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How many implementations on Windows is there? Not many all from the same company which has the largest market share by a country mile. How many implementations is there for Linux? All from different distros which do different things with each one not having a large market strength on its own. So why would anyone target Linux? Linux is in this sense more secure as whose going to waste there time making something for a Linux distro that has 1 maybe 2% of market share when you can hit windows and 90% of the PC's in the world. Three letters D N S Quote:
Just look back at the DNS spoofing, wasn't exactly hard because almost all the Linux implementations never implemented what little security there is properly.
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Point is Linux is more secure by default. On XP i'd be willing to bet 99% of users are running as admin, on linux the same percentage runs as user. So your average user execute payload could only mess with the users file not the system.
Also all the distros in the world are Linux they have different software running on them but the core is still Linux so any low level issues will effect all distros, most of the time this is only the kernel but some tools are common across most if not all. Complacency may be common at the user end (much as it is in windows world) but if you look round the mailing lists etc its far from complacency. I think i missed the dns issues you mention, got a link?
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Want total security?
use DOS and a removable floppy drive.
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i think the virus bypassed me, not sure tho.
I am a little against googling conficker as i dont want to potential find myself on a site which decides to give it me. What would i notice with if i did get it?
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Windows updates disabled, access to anti virus / security sites blocked, to name a couple.
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Spectrum command line.
Okay, it may take 5 minutes to load anything up. Sure, the bit-tech logo takes up half of its 48k available memory, but it's soopah secure. No one alive is writing viruses for the Spectrum, and even if they were, do I look stupid enough to insert their dirty cassette tape into my machine? No, I do not. You fan boys can keep arguing your Jobs/Torvalds/Gates prejudices, Sir Clive Sinclair for President-Minister of the world! Now if you'll excuse me, I have a C5 to catch. |
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I download a lot of crap, yet I have not picked up this Conflicker C, surely it's passed through stupidity of PC users i.e. opening email attachments from spammers, going onto dodgy websites and downloading a movie that is 10kb is size and is a .exe etc.
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Holy christ and the rest of his family.
almost cried becouse of that :P
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The main reason that Linux and other Unix-distros is worm and virus free, is that the stupid mofos that makes them is using Linux etc. them selfs.
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I managed to get it from a bad torrent last month.
Reformatted. Installed XP. Problem solved.
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