Clamav

Patrick O'Callaghan pocallaghan at gmail.com
Sun Apr 18 21:25:49 UTC 2010


On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 11:37 -0700, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> > Given that you say so yourself, the logical question is "why do you
> need
> > Clamav"? Clamav is usually installed by people running mail servers
> for
> > users who access them from Windows.
> Where is the proof that an AV is not needed for Linux sans w-dozs,
> regardless of the pathways to infection?

You want proof of a negative? Dream on. Proof of security does not exist
anywhere in the real world. I've mentioned my own anecdotal evidence
(that in over 3 decades of use I have never seen a single Linux virus).
It's my belief that this is the experience of the overwhelming majority
of Linux users. Given that I answered a question from a Linux novice, I
gave the best advice I could based on my experience, and I stand by it.

poc



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