I wasn't very concerned about these viri, but I would like to remove them, because I do not want to be a collector of viri. I was just wondering if anyone knew the file mentoined, because it is outline my Mail directory. The newsflash is funny though... - Jeroen On Thursday 29 January 2004 19:42, Steve Bergman wrote: > As more new users move from Windows to Linux, I think I see an > unexpected PR problem developing. > > I can just see the CNN story now: > > Users Find Linux Just As Prone To Computer Viruses as Windows > > There has been a flurry of concern among users of the Linux Operation > System regarding computer viruses. (Operation systems are the programs > that make computers 'work'.) Some posters to the Fedora-Core internet > mailing list, frequented by users of the freeware computer program, > have found viruses on their Linux computers, previously thought to be > immune from virus attacks. Concern has arisen as to how to detect and > remove the malicious 'worms' since antivirus programs, like Norton > Antivirus for Windows do not run on the Linux system. Many users have > never scanned their machines, believing them to be virus proof. As an > interim solution, it has been suggested that the users empty their trash > folders and delete infected programs on their machines.
