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Re: [PLUG] Re: Linux on the desktop
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On Tuesday 02 March 2004 05:13 pm, Alex Birch wrote:
> My hypothesis for why there are fewer viruses for Linux, is that the
> average linux user will NOT open an unexpected email attachment. That's
> the number one way that the most of these viruses are spread.
... and use common sense. does the text accompanying the attachment
appropriate to the sender and list topic? For instance if in the middle of a
longer thread someone attached a screen shot depicting the issue, it is
probably safe to open. OTOH, if someone sends a message to this linux list,
with the text ¨check out this funny [word doc. excel sheet, powerpoint
thing]¨, what sense would this make? A perfect example was the message that
prompted this thread which was a windows exe file with totally
uncharacteristic text accompaniment.
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