Linux Viruses and Such

Dept. of Reddish Herrings (errors & irrelevancies):
“There are no Linux viruses.”
“Linux isn't invulnerable!”
“Unix is designed for security.” Dennis Ritchie, in “On the Security of Unix”: “The first fact to face is that UNIX was not developed with security, in any realistic sense, in mind; this fact alone guarantees a vast number of holes.”
“All I have to do is get the user to do [foo].”
“There's no protection against social engineering.”
“Open source will protect us.”

Dept. of Reddish Herrings (errors & irrelevancies):