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Re: [LUG] Virus scanners??

 

On Sun, 1 May 2005 19:05:07 +0100
Ben Goodger wrote:

There is almost certainly no need for viral checking in Linux, due to
a) the fact that nobody has yet bothered to write a virus for it and
b) its security is so excellent so as to provent any viral activity.

How about c) You're running a mail server that serves to Windows clients.  That'd 
seem like a pretty logical reason to want to scan for virii, regardless of whether 
Linux is prone to infection or not.

And, I don't think there are any virus scanners for Linux, but SELinux
is a good way of improving your security.

Yeah, there are actually quite a few.  My favourite one is ClamAV.

Grant.
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