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Open Source and Free Software

defacto7

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4. What everyone above just said....

Reply to butterfly77 (Original post)

Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:42 PM

Mar 2014

Except you have no need for malware protection if you are using a standard UNIX based OS which is what Open Source and Free Open Source Software is. The only exception being Android software downloads which are sometimes written by less than reputable hacks.

And... don't hand out information when asked by an unknown.

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