Am 22.10.2011 13:29, schrieb Nilesh Govindarajan: > On Sat 22 Oct 2011 04:57:33 PM IST, Mick wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I'm asked for a desktop antivirus (the box is running KDE) but I have never >> used an antivirus on Linux. This page that I googled up shows a number of >> them: >> >> http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-linux-antivirus-programs/ >> >> Meanwhile, portage only lists clamav under app-antivirus/. >> >> The machine in question is running kmail to receive/send messages from ISP >> mail servers and ssmtp to send log messages for relaying via said ISP. >> >> What have you tried and what would you recommend for such a desktop setup? > > IMHO, you don't need antivirus on a Linux box, unless you're going to > run a mail relay, where you are responsible for saving recipents from > viruses.
I agree. Check that your ISP performs virus checks. If not or if you want to be extra sure, I think kmail can work with clamav -- at least it could in the old 3.x days when I still used it. > The simplest reason of all is, Linux doesn't know how to execute > Windows binaries. > Well, this is an oversimplification. 1) Any box running Wine is possibly as exposed to your classic pretty-women.exe mail attachments as any windows systems. 2) You should also be worried about Open/LibreOffice macro viruses as well as PDF vulnerabilities. Not to forget Flash, Java or Mozilla based exploits. Still, keeping your system up-to-date and observing the freshly revived GLSA notifications is more likely to save your butt than clamav. Cheers, Florian Philipp
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