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vnunet: Grisoft Predicts Linux Virus Plague

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 12, 2005

“Grisoft, makers of the popular AVG Anti-Virus offering, has
warned that it is ‘only a matter of time’ before Linux becomes
widely targeted by virus and malware writers.

“Michael Foreman, a partner at AVG UK, said: ‘In the past few
years we have seen the use of enterprise Linux applications growing
steadily, and it is only a matter of time before we can expect to
see virus attacks specifically targeted at these users…'”


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Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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