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| Subject: | Re: Begs a question: AV in Linux |
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| Date: | Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:28:19 +0000 |
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 15:01 +0200, Alexander Klimov wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Benson, Sean M wrote:Should you run an anti-virus on linux for non-work issues? (Just home Workstations, Laptops, etc.. not mail servers.)Just answer the following question: have you ever seen a virus which has infected your linux box? If the answer is no (and I guess this is the case) then it is pointless to install an anti-virus for internal use.
I've been infected before (ok, not in the last 9 years) and just because something bad has not happened yet does not mean it never will. Complacency may eventually harm your security. This would apply to Linux users just as well: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/17/216247 As others have pointed out - clamav has a limited scope and is probably better suited to mail servers, checking for rootkits is just as important (if not more). Antoine
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