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From: Joe LaVigne 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Linux/virus
Date: 7 Mar 2007 20:21:41 GMT
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On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:59:54 -0500, Pete wrote:

> Doesn't Linux need an anti-virus and anti-spyware.
> Or is it by some miracle immune?

No miracle at all.  There are no spyware apps, and very few virii have
been written for Linux, those that have are pretty harmless, since they
don't have root access.
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