Saturday, September 02, 2006
Article: Linux ( & Mac ) Unfriendly Viruses
Here's an old article from NewsForge.com from Jan. 2005, but I think it is still quite relevant and telling. Recently CrossOver Mac Beta was released for Intel based Macs. But unfortunately CrossOver Mac ( WINE ) is quite 'inadequate' as it can not run the various very popular worms and viruses on Windows. The article refers to Linux but now applies just as well to Mac OS X:Linux just isn't user-friendly when it comes to viruses. You have to work to find and run them. It doesn't happen automatically as it does with Windows. The GNU/Linux folks really should improve this glaring discrepancy.
Apprantly WINE FAILED miserably in running MyDoom, Sobig, and several other popular worms... ;)
Article Link posted by Jambo Consulting at 2:35 AM
