Because the bulk of virii were either written for DOS, written to infect
DOS/Windows executables, or are written in Microsoft's visual basic
scripting language.
Linux's memory model doesn't really allow for the DOS boot sector or
executable virii, because in most cases they require access to the
innermost areas of memory, and the OS doesn't allow it. On the other side
of the coin, Linux doesn't execute VBS, so you don't get smacked with
that.
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi to all
> can anybody explain me, even in a few words, why is Linux so robust
> against viruses ??
> Is there an intrinsic robustness ???
>
> I'm a Linux newbye, and I just heard of a "Ramen" virus or something
> similar, but nothing else....
> if I think to the tons of Windows-viruses....
>
> Thank you
>
>
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