On 14 Mar 2005, at 22:36, Dotan Cohen wrote:
Does linux really need antivirus? I have been googleing this for close to an hour and came to the conclusion that this is only nessacary for linux IF there is a mailserver delivering mail to a windows box, for the protection of the windows box.
It won't do any harm, as it's usually non-intrusive (it won't slow your machine to a crawl trying to guess what's going on) and will scan only on demand. Also, if you host Windoze files on your Linux machine, those files could be infected: although they won't pose any risk to your Linux box, they could pose a risk to other Winblows machines.
