There are no viruses for Linux. At least not yet so you won't need an anti-virus 
software for Linux.

There are worms though. The only way to protect yourself agains these is to keep your 
networking
sofware packages up to date with the latest patches or versions and minimize your 
system( shut down
unecessary networking services like for example telnet, Bind dns, dhcp, nfs, 
Sendmail............ ).

For intrusion detection. You can use Snort, Portsentry and Tripwire.

The best way to protect yourself is to make good use of the tools already available on 
a Linux
system. Syslog, Tcpwrappers - inetd/xinetd, Secure Shell(ssh).


>Message: 9
>Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 14:08:26 +0800
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: "Jimmy C. Vicedo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [plug] Anti-virus for  Linux
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

>To all,

>Is there an anti-virus  software for a Linux firewall . What about
>something that can protect the network from Intrusion detection,
>spoofing, etc ?

>Jimmy

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