From: "Patrick O'Callaghan" <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, 2010/April/15 12:50
> On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 12:22 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
>> I have removed all and I will wait for proper instruction as I really
>> do not know enough about this OS
>
> 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. If all you're doing is reading mail
> in Linux, it's extremely unlikely that you even need it. In 35 years of
> using first Unix and then Linux, I have yet to see a single virus that
> wasn't a proof-of-concept demo.
1) I have seen at least one active exploit, I fortunately recognized
myself, for Linux in my <mumble> years with computers. (longer than
yours, sonny, although I took a 6 year hiatus in there. {^_-}) (Even
my beloved Amiga (made some money off that system) had online exploits.)
2) Some of us live on mixed networks. Open Sores does NOT pay for my
bread, water, and roof, let alone any recreation. So I have Windows
machines around. ClamAV is handy to have in the Linux machine, which
is the master server for the system.
3) If you read the kernel list a little more you'd discover enough chatter
about obvious items of vulnerability you'd want to put a condom on your
computer.
4) I will agree with you as far as to say Linux is not as vulnerable as
Windows. That is mostly because it is still perceived as being a boutique
OS with savvy users. When that changes I expect to see numbers of active
exploits out on the Internet to increase sharply. I would prefer a casual
date put on his condom BEFORE rather than AFTER he makes mostions to
impregnate me, which at my age is hopeless.
{^_^} Fortunately Joanne has not had to reinstall YET.
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