cross-platform virus

[Sasha Tsykin]

Pete Ryland wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 12:05:13 +1000, Sasha Tsykin wrote:
>> I disagree, it is a very likely future.
> 
> I meant the existence of trojans like this, and that they will be
> successful.  Technical users will be savvy enough to avoid them, and regular
> non-technical users are not likely to be sudo-ing to root often enough.
> 
> I too am pretty certain Linux will have a bigger and bigger place on
> people's desktops in the future.
> 
> Pete
> 
Technical users are savvy enough, but not careful enough often. I know 
btoh windows and Linux very well, and yet I managed to get hit by 
viruses in windows more often then my completely non-technical mum 
because I was careless, and installed things without scanning them etc.

It is true that non-technical users are unlikely to be sudoing, however 
there is a middle group who know enough to keep their system up to date 
but don't knwo enough to be careful for a virus, or fix it if they're 
caught with one. If they keep their system up to date then they will be 
sudoing at least once a week.

Sasha