Re: Virus Detected Cannot get rid of!

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Leythos wrote:

> In article <C0woe.1573031$Xk.926498@pd7tw3no>, nostop@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> says...
>> Switch to a more secure operating system that is immune to picking up
>> viruses like this. If you find this impossible, then I'm afraid you're
>> going to be fighting viruses forever.
>
> What OS is secure from viruses and exploits that might impact a user?
> Not HPUX, not Apple OS/X, not Windows, not Linux, not Unix, the closest
> I've seen is BSD.
>

I haven't heard of anyone getting a virus running Linux, recently. Have you?
And if so, was it able to disable the operating system like so many Windoze
viruses can?


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