FreeLists / 24hoursupport / [24hoursupport] Re: bogus email from Microsoft

["Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>]

None of the Microsoft targeted virii and most script virii won't work in 
Linux.  If a virus does get executed, it can't attack system files unless 
given root permissions.  Users don't log in as root as a rule, so the virus 
has no system files to infect.  Linux can be infected, but it's a *lot* 
harder.

On Sunday 21 September 2003 15:44, you wrote:
> Wait.... you can open email under Linux and not get infected? Does it work
> that way for most viruses?
>
> Robert
>
> At 03:18 PM 9/21/2003, you wrote:
> >This is just a warning. Today I got another bogus email from what seemed
> >to be Microsoft. It said it included a new security patch. That
> >attachment was a virus of course. I opened the email from my Linux
> >system so I could stay safe and look at it.
>
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