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Weblog:		Linux Users: Welcome to the World of Malware
Subject:		Missing the Point
Date:		2004-10-28 03:07:04
From:		DaveCross

Point 1: Linux users are "PC users". It really annoys me when Windows users fail to realise that. Point 2: Linux users have been getting phishing attacks for just as long as anyone else on the internet. The difference is that we're generally clued up enough to ignore them. Point 3: I didn't see the email but I assume it was HTML email that contained a link to download the "fix". That link would not have been to the Red Hat web site which would have aroused my suspicion and I would have investigated further before clicking it. Linux users don't claim to have some inherent immunity to phishing attacks like this, but generally they do come from a culture where you are far less likely to click on random links in email or install random pieces of software.

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Missing the Point
2004-10-29 07:53:06 unoengborg [View]

As far as I know PC stands for Personal Computer, so if they are PC users or not would depend on how they use the intel hardware. After all Linux, FreeBSD, and even late versions of windows have multi user capabilities.