Re: Speaking of viruses

Bruce W. Bigby wrote:

On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 22:18, Elton Woo wrote:

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

Though linux is more secure than most Windows systems, I would STRONGLY
ADVISE, that you do not take the attitude that "it can't happen". IMNSHO,
besides a firewall, using at least one antivirus application is highly advisable,

Now, where would a Linux newbie acquire such anti-virus software for
Linux? Inquiring minds want to know. Do you actually run anti-virus
software for Linux? If so, what does this software actually do?

This newbie got H+BDEV's Antivirus (for LINUX) from:
http://www.hbedv.com/download/download.htm
and F-Prot (for LINUX) from:
http://www.f-prot.com/products/corporate_users/unix/linux/workstations.html.
Both of which are free for personal use.

... if you don't know what antivirus software does, I guess I'm not
smart enough to explain that to you!

cheers,

Elton Woo ;-)

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