PC help: What about Linux spyware? - Linux Links

News Sections

Home
General News (3972/0)
Reviews (626/0)
Press Releases (464/0)
Distributions (187/0)
Software (807/0)
Hardware (522/0)
Security (192/0)
Tutorials (337/0)
Off Topic (180/0)

User Functions

Don't have an account yet? Sign up as a New User

Events

There are no upcoming events

PC help: What about Linux spyware?

Wednesday, May 09 2007 @ 03:01 PM EDT
Contributed by: sde

Q I’m thinking of trying out Linux, but I can’t seem to find any information on anti-spyware programs for that operating system.
Do you know where I can find such software?

I am prepared to pay for them as it’s not worth the risk otherwise, based on my experience with Windows. Steven Richardson
A You’ll be pleased to hear that there’s a good reason why it’s so hard to find an anti-spyware program for Linux: the threat from spyware is far smaller when using Linux than when using Windows.
Read more

[ Views: 2485 ]

PC help: What about Linux spyware? | 0 comments | Create New Account

The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.

No user comments.

What's Related

More by sde

More from Security

Story Options

Mail Story to a Friend

Printable Story Format

We have written a range of guides highlighting excellent free books for popular programming languages. Check out the following guides: C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, HTML, Python, Ruby, Perl, Haskell, PHP, Lisp, R, Prolog, Scala, Scheme, and SQL.