Fri 6 Feb 2004
Linux isn’t affected by Viruses
Posted by Prakash under Linux
[5] Comments
I have been screaming that since a long time but finally there is a good article that explains this well.
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linux is not affected because of it’s key feature source code. As source code is given we can modify each and everything as we want which is not known to virus source.
Puneet Gupta
JECRC, Jaipur
linux more flexible with file system
that the virus can not attack using the same code or structure.
Linux is not affected by its hierarchical file system.
To enter in any directory some permissions. Even if virus reach into one directory its very hard to reach another same level directories and its nearly impossible to reach to root directory(/)(ofcourse without root privilege).
Anshu Makkar
SKIT Jaipur
The main reason for Linux not getting affected by virus is that no process can continue to exist in computer’s memory (the computer running Linux)when it terminates. The concept of “Terminate and Stay Resident” (TSR) is there in Windows, but not in Linux. When any process terminates on its own, it should leave the memory and that memory must be recalled by the OS. Windows has loose ends at that point. But, I am searching why.