So what would you recommend on my desktop PC in my office, that I do everything on, that I just converted over to Linux Mint?
Rick On 04/04/2016 10:43 AM, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
