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From: Dan N 
Subject: Re: Linux/virus
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:51:10 +0900
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On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:57:03 -0500, Cory Albrecht wrote:

> Pete wrote:
>> Doesn't Linux need an anti-virus and anti-spyware.
>> Or is it by some miracle immune?
> 
> No, it's just that Linux (and *BSD) make up such a small fraction of
> desktop & basic user  machines that's it's not worth the time of virus
> writers...

Not true at all.  Linux is more secure by design.  Unix, the predecessor
of Linux, was designed from the very beginning to be a secure, multi-user
platform, before Gates had even dreamt of ms-dos.  For Windows, security
was tacked on afterward by necessity.

Linux, secure as part of the core design.  Windows, security added on top
as a matter of necessity. 

Dan
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