Thanks to Jim
Reavis for this link.
“Linux Virus Protection, you say, isn’t that redundant? Why
Linux itself is virus protection. A malicious program that seeks to
infect system files is going to have very little success when
invoked by a non-root user. So while our hearts are filled with
great sorrow over the travails of our Windows friends who have had
to do battle with Melissa, Chernobyl and ExploreZip, we have felt
insulated from those threats ourselves. Those days are rapidly
coming to an end. Not because Linux is highly susceptible to virii,
but because the key to enterprise acceptance of Linux is its
ability to be highly integrated with corporate standards, even if
it means solving problems caused by other operating systems.”
“In this increasingly interconnected world, the indirect effects
of problematic systems can be felt by everyone. When the Melissa
virus hit, some Linux servers’ sendmail became overloaded with
messages and had to shut down. When ExploreZip exploded, some Linux
servers running Samba had to contend with Windows clients deleting
data files, which had to be restored. In this sense, Linux is only
immune to virii if you unplug it from the network.”