On Saturday 22 Oct 2011 18:27:02 Dale wrote: > 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? > > I have to agree with most everyone else on this one. You don't really > need a anit-virus software to protect yourself. I do think it is good > that you want to protect others by catching them while on your machine > and then you know not to spread them around to others who can be > infected. I used to do this a long time ago but I have policies here > about sending messages to others. Mostly, I don't do it unless I know > it is virus free. If I get a video that is funny or something, I find > it on youtube and just forward a link to that. I'm sure youtube checks > its stuff to be sure it is clean. > > If you set up a process like this, you shouldn't spread anything but you > do have to think before hitting forward too. I think people have > figured out I don't forward just anything so I don't get a lot of "junk" > anymore. > > I do agree on using AVG as someone else posted. I have that on my > brothers XP box. He likes it better than Norton that he used to pay > for. If you can get that running on Linux, then that would be great. > Another pretty good one that I used to use was f-prot but I think AVG > would be better still. > > Dale
Is there an overlay that offers AVG or bitdefender? -- Regards, Mick
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