A backup of important files stored at other location or other place not likely to be affected by the same misshap is always good.
On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 07:33:21 -0700 Jerry Scharf <[email protected]> wrote: > Rick, > > The family of software you mentioned are there to try to protect you when > you bring new things onto the machine. > > Anti-virus is for finding bad programs that have been added to the machine. > If you stick to only installing things that are downloaded from the debian > distro and things you can vouch for yourself, then this becomes a > non-issue. If you are loading up many random tools on the machine, then it > may become an issue. > > Now comes the bad news about anti-virus. They offer marginal protection at > best. It's not that they don't work, it's that its a complex target and > there is only so much that can be found in file signatures. > > The best safety comes from caution. Don't load anything on the linux-cnc > machine that doesn't need to be there. Don't have a browser on that > machine. Do minimal development on the machine and only with well trusted > tools. Vet everything extra you load onto the machines and keep up with the > disrto security patches. Don't stick a thumb drive into the machine unless > you personally formatted it on a clean machine. > > FWIW, I don't run ant-virus on my machines. > > jerry > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 6:55 AM, Rick Lair <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Guys, > > > > Is there any need for any anti-virus/malware/spyware software on my > > linux machines, I have never thought about, but last week I switched my > > desktop over to Mint from XP, and wasn't sure what security measures are > > needed, I wasn't ever really concerned about the CNC's, but now with my > > desktop, it got me wondering. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Rick > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > -- > Jerry Scharf > FINsix IT > 650.285.6361 w > 650.279.7017 m > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
