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Old 05-16-2014, 08:29 AM   #16
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Nope. Lots of people not very familiar with computers think virus is something that comes and gets you, as you get flu. Not true for computers, to write a successful virus you need to exploit a vulnerability in target system. No security holes = no viruses.
Linux has a lot of vulnerabilities. Bug trackers a HUGE. And we don't seem to ever get a "Linux virus". If there are about 17,702,868 known viruses for Windows, does it mean Windows has about 17 million times more vulnerabilities than Linux or even more? I don't think so.
 
  


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