> -----Original Message----- > From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:41 PM > To: tomas@xxxxxxx; For users of Fedora > Subject: Re: Why most run Microsoft, not RedHat > > Tomas Larsson wrote: > > > I have never been infected with virus, when connecting to > the net for > > the first updates, not even when using one of the original pre-SP1 > > CD's. Not even running in front of my firewall. > > Yes I use a firewall, before it was an old AMD-K6 with RH9, > now it is > > an P2-400 with FC5, using gShield script. > > I have never used a dedicated firewall, probably by habit, > since they > > were so expensive onece upon a time, and a scrap P1-160 > with RH7/9 was > > a cheaper solution. > > > > So I simly don't buy that you get infected first time you > are connected. > > You don't today - or you don't see it because the viruses are > more stealthy and designed to spread slowly and remain > undetected while permitting remote control of the machines to > send spam or participate in an occasional DDOS attack. A few > years back an unprotected, unpatched box would be hit by > something in a couple of minutes on a random internet > address. The 2003 slammer worm was probably the most > dramatic of the bunch, practically knocking out the internet. > It sent UDP packets out of RAM as fast as the machine could > generate them. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > > Well, obviously I have missed it, Been on the net since mid 90's, before Win95, using 3.11 and on DSL since end 90's. Allways been using AW-SW though, currently NAW. So I wonder, Why has not any of my boxes ever been infected since it is said to be so easy to infect Windows. Well, the answer is, I think, It is not so easy, unless you are very very very stupid. Unfortunately there is a lot of people out there that is very very very very stupid, just take look on all these scams, nigeria letters etc. With best regards Tomas Larsson Sweden http://www.tlec.se http://www.ebaman.com Excellent and cheap hosting, use http://www.servage.net/?coupon=cust23962 Verus Amicus Est Tamquam Alter Idem
