I think it is going to come back and bite the Linux community if we go via the line that we are immune to viruses, like Apple users have done for many years. Now there are Mac viruses appearing and a mac botnet. Clamav and common sense can go a long way, don't install or run things from an unknown source, and scan your system on occasion to be safe. All the security in the world can not stop a misguided user from doing something they shouldn't like giving a file execute permissions and running it with sudo.
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Richard Ibbotson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
