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On 14/09/17 18:04, mr meowski wrote:
Thanks. I am certainly not complacent. I do keep everything up to date, using the apt update method as you showed me some while ago. I run that every day. And I keep a careful eye on all emails. I get lots of junk ones every day, but mostly trying to sell something or offering me things that at my age I couldn't cope with!!! Not many of them seem to contain malware, but who knows.On 14/09/17 16:45, Neil wrote:Generally speaking, you are safe from Windows specific nasties on a Linux system unless you install Wine and go to some extraordinary measures. No system is without vulnerabilities though, and Linux does share many of the same attack surfaces (through necessity really - you have to draw the line somewhere between security and usability after all). So don't be complacent but as long as you keep all your stuff religiously up to date, don't go asking for trouble and mostly just use your common sense pretty much anyone can stay in one piece, even on the modern internet. Cheers
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