On Sunday 03 April 2011 11:41:34 Chris Allen wrote: > What is the current consensus on using a virus scanner for Linux > (specifically Ubuntu 10.10)? > When I last asked this (about 2 years ago) the general opinion was, > "waste of time, Linux did' need it" > If scanners are recommended now, which is the "favourite"?
I always scan e-mail both ways. I send e-mail with Exim. Clamav and other anti-virus software is installed. My firewall has a proxy which scans downloading web pages for viruses and worms. This does not slow down my network connection. I don't know about Australia but in England it's considered to be criminal not to scan for viruses. The legal stuff doesn't say that it is criminal but it implies that something is wrong if virus scanning software is not installed on a workstation or somewhere else... Firewalls.... http://sleepypenguin.homelinux.org/blog/?page_id=174 -- Richard http://www.sheflug.org.uk -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
