no, ClamAV cannot be answer because it a third party software and i was talking about the code design architecture of Linux it self. In my opinion , there is no operating system free from virus mac,linux [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_computer_viruses#Threats ] ,windows . Its just , how secure is one form other. Linux and mac are more secure then most of windows OS. It also depends on user himself how he use the operating system . If one is always using system as super user then he is more like to get virus and it is true for both windows and Linux and mac. So at the end no matter how secure operating system is , in the end user also has to play his part.
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 5:27 PM, rhoit <[email protected]> wrote: > Isn't Linux virus-free? > > For the most part, Linux is engineered in a fashion that makes it hard > for viruses to run (click here for more info). However, there are many > reasons you might want a virus scanner on your Linux PC: > > [1] to scan a Windows drive in your PC > [2] to scan a Windows-based network attached server or hard drive > [3] to scan Windows machines over a network > [4] to scan files you are going to send to other people > [5] to scan e-mail you are going to forward to other people > [6] some Windows viruses can run with Wine. > [7] Linux virus infections are theoretically possible. > > WHY? WE DO? > ITS JUST THAT WE DON'T WANNA FIX POOR GUY'S COMPUTER (mswin users) EVEN > IF HE REFUSED TO USE LINUX. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus/ > > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
