Linux on Internet

[aleahim]

Hi,

I head that connecting to Internet is more safeing (protect from virus) on Linux operating system than Windows.
Can you explain me why?

Thanks,
Mihaela

 

[lullysing]

Well, you would have to define " safe" .

The main reason that linux is " safer" is that not everything has full control over your machine, only root has. but of course, if you're not being careful with root, you can fuck yourself over faster than the time it takes to say "WAGAZUZU".

It's a very long thing to explain, and it boils down to the way the OS has been made, and how users can interact with the system.

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when someone asks for your username and password, and much *clickely clickely* is happening in the background, know enough that you should be worried.

 

[aixmurderer]

The majority of virii are active X or VB script based, something which isn't supported on Linux.

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[RhythmAce]

I agree wit botadeezguys. Even if you could sneek an executable onto a linux system, it would need to be in a directory that allows excutables to run. Then it needs to have permission to be executable then it has to be executed by someone who has permission to run executables from that directory. There is much more that makes linux a more secure OS but you get the idea.

 

[ady2k]

You want to feel safety. Create simple iptables rules as your personal firewall. Good Luck....