Bruce W. Bigby wrote:
On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 22:18, Elton Woo wrote:
WA9ALS - John wrote:
Though linux is more secure than most Windows systems, I would STRONGLYAnother 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
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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