Any idea which antivirus to installed for ubuntu gutsy

Martin Pitt martin.pitt at ubuntu.com
Thu Jan 3 16:09:43 GMT 2008


Hi,

Rafael Proença [2008-01-03 13:58 -0200]:
> And besides, Ubuntu does not need an antivirus application. It is free of
> vírus by definition.

"By definition" is not quite true. In principle it is possible to
write a virus for Ubuntu, too. It might be considerably harder, most
hackers seem to concentrate on Windows, etc., but none of this can
replace the user's prudence.

No desktop system can be secure against Trojan horses in particular.
:) (Hard to disallow someone to shoot himself in the foot.)

Martin

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