[plug] The Linux Virus Challenge

[Craig Ringer]

skribe wrote:

>Silicon.com is running a story about some guy that is offering £10,000 to the 
>first person that can infect his machine with a virus. His theory is that a 
>properly set up linux system is immune to viruses. The story is here:
>
>http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?REQUNIQ=1002938800&30REQEVENT=&REQINT1=48211&REQAUTH=21046&3010REQSUB=
>
>Is this guy's reasoning flawed?
>
Not at all. Hey, a properly set up win98 system is immune to viri too. 
Disconnect modem, ethernet, and remove floppy disk :-)
No seriously, check incoming attatchments, disable "helpful" features 
like Visual Basic (esp. in eMail), etc, and you're pretty safe.