OSWeekly: Spyware: Is Any OS Really Safe? | Linux Today

OSWeekly: Spyware: Is Any OS Really Safe?

Written By
MH
Matt Hartley
Jan 31, 2007

[ Thanks to Matt D. for
this link. ]

“Today, we will be looking closely at Vista, XP, OS X and Linux.
It’s my opinion that each of these operating systems does have and
will always have the potential to be targets in the spyware
game.

“Some will argue that Vista is now offering a safe Windows
option, and that OS X and Linux were never targets to begin with.
This is true enough to a point, but spyware is a big business, and
I’m quite sure that it’s a business that has every intention of
sticking around for as long as possible…”


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MH

Matt Hartley

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