Speaking of viruses
Steven Stern
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Sun Dec 28 22:19:24 UTC 2003
On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 16:29:01 -0500, "WA9ALS - John"
<ham_reflectors at wa9als.com> 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 -
>John www.wa9als.com
I'm using F-Prot to scan the directories shared via SAMBA to Windows machines,
but am not scanning the Linux-only areas.
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