Is AMIGA safe??

[MASSAMIGAN]

Hello AMIGANS:)

Is the AMIGA safe from the INTERNET?
Do we have to worry about TROJANS, SPYWARES, and VIRUS...
Like WINDOWS and maybe MACS?

Just courious..

Greatings to all AMIGANS:)

[marcfrick2112]

Hey MASSAMIGAN. First off, Welcome to Amiga.org  :-D
As to your question, people who write 'malware' (generic term that covers Trojans, adware, spyware, and virii) want to do as much damage as possible, so they target the most popular systems.... any Windows machine is a prime target, or course. Amiga's are largely immune, BUT you do want at least a basic Virus checker on your Amiga, I don' think they are many 'current' virii on Amiga, but you still may run into one on an old disk, etc.

[MASSAMIGAN]

Hello:)


Thanks for your help:)
I do have some old AMIGA floppy disks around.
Thanx again:)

[rockape]

Hi,

See http://www.nyx.net/~rdavis/AmigaHints3.html

Also, it's a good idea to run a Virus checker because of those old floppies

Regards, Michael

aka rockape