Speaking of viruses

[Mike Watson]

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On Sunday 28 December 2003 03:46 pm, Simon Perreault wrote:
> On December 28, 2003 16:29, WA9ALS - John wrote:
> > Another naive question from a Linux newbie - Are you guys all
> > running antivirus software on your Fedora box?  I've had some
> > pretty knowledgeable Linux guys tell me it's unnecessary - Could
> > that be correct?  I understand that Linux is inherently less
> > susceptible to system-wide problems that can be more easily spread
> > on a Windows machine.  Give me a clue - Do I need Linux antivirus,
> > and if so, what's generally accepted as the best?  Tnx -
>
> Viruses on Linux don't exist. There are some antivirus for Linux, but
> these people are selling snake oil.

No so.  There has been at least one verified virus written specifically 
for Linux.  I believe there is also one that exploits one version of 
Apache, but I believe that Apache has closed that exploit.

With that said, if you are not a mailserver or Samba fileserver, you can 
probably do without a Virus Scanner.  But...if you are a mailserver 
with Windows clients or a Samba server for Windows, then you do need a 
Virus Scanner to protect your Windows users.

I use F-Prot and Mailscanner to screen all my inbound and outbound 
e-mails for virii.

Mike W.
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