[svlug] Avoiding Windows cooties

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Skip Evans (skip at bigskypenguin.com):

> I am aware that Windows viruses and malicious 
> binaries aren't going to execute on the *Nix 
> machines, but I'd still rather keep them off just 
> for that silky clean feeling one gets from knowing 
> they are not uninfected carriers of disease.
> 
> Or is this a non-issue. Is it simply accepted that 
> *Nix machines that sleep around with Windows 
> machines are going to have the nasties?

My car sometimes transports chocolate.  Chocolate is very bad for dogs
that ingest it.

I don't therefore conclude that my car is a threat to the health of any
dog that might happen to climb into it.  I would just have to know that
dogs face particular threats, and then deal with them.

It's not a car problem or really even a chocolate problem; it's a dog
problem, y'see.


Here's a link that might help you with your dog problem:
"Virus - Linux software for detecting/purging MS-Windows viruses" on 
http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Security
(But I'm no specialist on canines.)