I'm Thankful for Free Computer Stuff

Nietzche is Dead ^ | 27 Nov 08 | foutsc

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

The automatic thing is when you set it to automatically install the latest updates. It’s not supposed to remove anything, and certainly not critical components of Windows. I read that it was a complete disaster.

[yazoo]

But Linux is free!

I’m curious. Do viruses, trojan horse, and adware attack linux at the same level as Windows? Seems like that would be a good solution.

[Fichori]

“I’m curious. Do viruses, trojan horse, and adware attack linux at the same level as Windows? Seems like that would be a good solution.”

I've been running Linux in various computers for the last 8+ years and have never encountered any sort of addware attacks, viruses, or Trojans.

Not to say that it couldn't happen, its just something I've never had to worry about, yet.

Actually, I have encountered some Windows Trojans...

But they are something that someone sent me a link to so I could download them and run them in an emulator to see how they worked...
(Windows programs [not to mention games] and Trojans/viruses don't run on Linux)

[djf]

I still use Nortons Ghost.

Pretty reliable.