The Ubuntu Experiment

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/7/31 Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>:
>> Telling people they
>> don't need an antivirus when trying to get them to use linux is just
>> setting them up to get bit.
>
> Telling people they _must_ have AV software is just suggesting they should
> rely on technological solutions instead of using common sense.

Here, you are making the common mistake of confusing common sense with
familiarity in a given field. The known ways of avoiding viruses are
NOT common sense, but they are well known and ingrained in anyone with
a few YEARS experience on the 'net.

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Dotan Cohen

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