On Tuesday 28 December 2004 12:51, Appeet wrote: >Hello everyone, > >I am back. > >Coming from the windows world, the first thing I get >for my computer is an antivirus software. So my >question is - Are there any good opensource freeware > >:) anti virus programs! (Or) Do we even need one on > >linux! :) > >Thanks, We don't appear to need one ATM, but as linux becomes more populer, I expect the viri writers will start to target the linux boxen. However, with about 10x the number of linux variations compared to windows, I don't expect them to be successfull enough to warrant the effort, once we get the last holes plugged in those utils that are common to most platforms. In 7 years of dealing with multiple linux boxes, only one got compromised on my watch, a mail server that got rootkitted through a well known early bind vulnerability. We caught it before the perp could cover his tracks and rebooted, then cleaned up after him without another reboot but we sure did install the patched bind. That was 6 years ago, and that machine has been rebooted twice since, once because we put in a new mobo, the old 150mhz cyrix was just too puny. The other when a power failure outlasted the puny little ups we had on it. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.30% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
