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Subject: [Discuss] What do typical Linux users do WRT protecting their systems from malware
From: mbr at arlsoft.com (MBR)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:44:52 -0400
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On 7/20/2011 8:01 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> Macintosh is a much harder target than Windows/NT simply because of 
> the OS architecture. Similarly, Linux is a harder target than Windows 
> for reasons similar to Macintosh.
Besides the fact that users generally aren't logged in as root, what 
other aspects of the Unix/Mac/Linux architecture make Unix a harder 
target than Windows?

    Mark

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