Re: [PLUG] Re: Linux on the desktop

Alex Birch <kes@lifesabirch.org> · 2004年3月01日 09:36:20 -0500

George Langford, Sc.D. wrote:
Hello PLUG !
In the context of whether Linux is ready for the desktop,

yesterday I received notice from my Symantec NAV S/W 
running on a PC under W98SE that there was a virus in the 
PLUG Digest Vol. 1 #1106.. Even though Linux is relatively

immune to virus attacks, Linux users appear to be lulled

into a false sense of security that leaves their emails

vulnerable to infections. 
Are you assuming that this virus came from a linux computer or just a 
member of this lug?

What if an infected box sent an email to the list?

What if a shared windows box was infected?
Here's what my Norton Anti-Virus told me about #1106:

Symantec Email Proxy deleted the following email message:

Can anyone verify this? It seems that a positive result on a test could 
be wrong; hence the term false positive.
As a matter of proof, I received no acknowledgement from

the PLUG administrator and there's been not a word about 
the transmitted virus in the PLUG Digests that I have

received since #1106.
The lack of proof is the only proof we need, right?
Cheers,
Alex
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