Speaking of viruses

Simon Perreault nomis80 at nomis80.org
Sun Dec 28 21:46:28 UTC 2003


On December 28, 2003 16:29, WA9ALS - John wrote:
> Another naive question from a Linux newbie - Are you guys all running
> antivirus software on your Fedora box?  I've had some pretty knowledgeable
> Linux guys tell me it's unnecessary - Could that be correct?  I understand
> that Linux is inherently less susceptible to system-wide problems that can
> be more easily spread on a Windows machine.  Give me a clue - Do I need
> Linux antivirus, and if so, what's generally accepted as the best?  Tnx -

Viruses on Linux don't exist. There are some antivirus for Linux, but these 
people are selling snake oil.

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Simon Perreault <nomis80 at nomis80.org> -- http://nomis80.org





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