> However, do we need to have some sort of virus package for our systems,
> if so any recommendations on how it should operate, and perhaps even a
> package worth looking at?
There's certainly the potential for GNU/Linux viruses out there. Not
really anything like that now, but sooner or later...
Basically a virus will have a hard time operating in a GNU/Linux
environment, because of the OS protection and file permissions. It'd be
quite mindless to write a virus or trojan that would delete one user's
files. But a true virus would be aimed at the system, which is a much
harder nut to crack and would need a big security hole to flourish.
There is anti-virus software for GNU/Linux. McAfee
<http://www.mcafee.com> and AVP <http://www.avp.com> (and others) make
anti-virus packages for GNU/Linux. Now, do you need one? Some will check
for viruses on Windows client machines, so that's nice, but whether you need
one or not depends on how worried/paranoid you are. Let's put it this way:
I don't know anyone who's running one. :-)
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