Hi Paul and Linas, Thanks for the good to know information and nice suggestions! Makes me happy to hear these.;) Thanks! Hate those viruses, worms, Trojan horses and dialers, nice to know Debian is immune (at least a great portion) from those. :)
Cheer. --- Linas Žvirblis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes it's a workstation, to be some kind of app server, but not mail server. > > But > why > > a workstation doesn't need anti-virus stuff? > > There are no widespread viruses for GNU/Linux systems. > > > Doesn't the Internet connection unsafe? > > No internet connection is 100% safe, but it is not antivirus that you > need. It is a job for a firewall. > > > Actually, I should asy, I want to find anti-spyware/adware/virus stuff, > > just to make the workstation safe when connect to the Internet. > > GNU/Linux systems are much more secure than Windows by design. For > example, you will never get infected simply by browsing the web. > > It is not that it is impossible to get infected, but for this to happen > you need to be really stupid or really unlucky. Do not run applications > of unknown origin and you will be more than safe. > > If, however, you need something to play with, look at these packages: > > avscan - virus scanner > rkhunter - trojan (rootkit) detector > chkrootkit - trojan (rootkit) detector > firestarter - firewall > > There is a lot more security related software, but common sense is still > the best security measure. Note that none of them will make your system > more secure simply by installing it. > > Enjoy your Debian. > > --- Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 20 April 2006 13:30, lmyho wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I would like to ask for advice on some good anti-virus softwares to use on > > Debian. > > ClamAV isn't bad, however, be aware that virus scanning generally benefits > Windows users far more than it does Linux users. Unless you want it to scan > files for Windows machines or to reduce email clutter, virus scanning is > generally considered redundant to running a more secure OS like Linux. > > -- > Paul Johnson __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
