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Cheng Heng wrote:
BillW50 wrote:

You are a Linux user and don't know what Root means? That is where
the rootkit was originally created for. Hacking into Linux and Unix
machines. It just amazes me how many Linux users who knows nothing
about Linux malware. Most Linux users don't run AV software or
anything. And they could be totally infected with malware and still
be totally clueless.

Most Linux users are hobbyists and computer enthusiasts and so if
their system is infected, it does not matter at all.

I agree up to a point. But some also do online banking and other stuff
under Linux that would be very bad if a bad guy got a hold of.

Windows users are serious users who are using their systems to make a
living and so the system needs to be as secure as possible.

There is so much focus on Windows security that malware is having a hard
time getting through. Linux on the other hand is wide open since the
mass majority of them don't even think about security. That Gentoo's
repository is a good example as it had a Linux trojan go unnoticed for
about 7 months. In the Windows world, this would have been stopped
almost instantly.

Linux: Infected by Complacency
http://computingondemand.com/linux-i...y-complacency/

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Bill
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