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Martijn Grooten wrote:
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Neil Winchurst wrote:I am always careful anyway, but I have always thought that such viruses will not run in Linux. Is that true? I do not have any Windows computers at all so I feel safe, but perhaps I shouldn't.In general, you are (a lot) safer using Linux and with a piece of Windows malware you can be all but certain it won't run under Linux. That's mostly because Linux usage is so much smaller than that of Windows; now that Macs have become popular, Mac malware is on the rise too.
Thanks, I am pleased to report that I have never joined either Facebook or Twitter, and do not intent to.(Fake Facebook invitation/notification spam is quite prevalent though. Most recent examples I have seen, however, simply took you to a fake pharmacy website though. Fake Flash plugins are also common; these do usually attempt to install malware on your machine.) Martijn.
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