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DD>CHARLES ANGELICH -> DAVID DRUMMOND wrote:

DD> CA>>> See my message to ALL subject: "linux virus".

DD> DD>> Lovely journalism - but still not indicative of the real
DD> DD>> Linux world (of the Linux users we're associating with).

DD> CA> You use the word "real" like ear plugs and blinders.

DD>Produce some evidence, not just the sales hype of the "virus removal"
DD>people....

DD>Get one of the people in here who has used more than a Linux boot CD to admi
DD>to having been hit by a Linux virus, or even having seen one.....

Possibly I can meet your "one of the people in here..." criterion.
I have my original Linspire 4.5 linux CD and the version Five-0
CD I burned from a downloaded image file used to upgrade the 4.5
to version Five-0, After about a month useage the system became
corrupted such that the Mozilla browsers and the network server
Linspire used Mozilla code to interface all other internet inter-
facers (except Opera and Galeon) now crash my linux Linspire system.
Linspire support has not been able to overcome problem. If it is a
flaw in the OS, the reseller dosen't appear to recognize it, and/or
can't correct it. I suspect it resulted from a virus but have no
way to prove it.

In any case I have let my Linspire contract expire and recently
downloaded the KUBUNTU image file and hope the South Afrians may
be more supportive.

Stay young, OldAck.