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Originally posted by kach22i
The guy down the hall had a Linux operating system for a while - it got all messed up by a worm or virus, he lost everything. Nothing is bullit proof, he is back on microsoft again.
Very unlikely. There are almost no successful Linux viruses.

A hard drive developing a bad sector could produce an effect a user could potentially confuse with a virus.

But your friend down the hall went from a very safe OS to the most vulnerable in the world.

I've never understood why people put up with Windows, an operating system with all the security of swiss cheese.
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