Re: [SLUG] Another Reason For Linux?

From: Mauricio Borgen (BIO) (borgen@chuma.cas.usf.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 04 2002 - 12:06:01 EST


So it is safe to say if I install Linux I won't get hacked (cough)?

-Mauricio

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Doc wrote:

> Sure sounds like another basis from which Linux may be promoted.
>
> Doc
>
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,42143,00.html
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> Faster Home Computers a Target of Hackers
>
> Friday, January 04, 2002
>
> WASHINGTON - Computer hackers, once satisfied to test their skills on
> large companies, are turning their sights on home computers that are faster,
> more powerful and less secure than ever before.
>
> The hackers can steal your identity, destroy your data or use your computer
> to
> launch attacks on Web sites or your friends.
>
> "Home machines weren't very interesting targets a few years ago," said Mikko
> Hypponen of antivirus company F-Secure in Finland. "That's all changed now."
>
>
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