Antivirus software ???

[Bob Jonkman]

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The clamav package is in the Ubuntu repositories, and is adequate to
scan for Windows viruses.

I don't run anti-virus software on my desktop. But when I'm called on
to fix a client's virus-infested computer I'll remove their hard
drive, attach it to a USB adapter, and use ClamAV to scan it from my
computer.

Computer viruses that attack GNU/Linux computers do exist, but the
risk is too low to waste RAM and CPU cycles on.

However, I do protect my computer with these plugins for my IceCat
(Firefox) browser: NoScript, Request Policy, U-Block Origin, and
Privacy Badger; and U-Block Origin and Privacy Badger in Chromium.
Malicious web pages and advertising payloads are a worse threat than
viruses.

- --Bob.


On 2016-10-02 06:55 PM, Parker, David wrote:
> You have next to nothing to worry about with viruses in Linux
> anyway.
> 
> The anti-virus is only to prevent sending a virus to a Windows
> platform, a friend of yours for example, to whom you send files.
> Linux is not going to get the virus unless you deliberately install
> it on your own computer.  You can't "infect" another Linux
> platform, etc., but your Windows friend who opens an infected file
> (that has no effect on Linux) can get any virus you may unwittingly
> pass along.
> 
> Friends don't let friends run Windows is the bottom line.
> 
> Please note: message attached
> 
> From: Pedro Sánchez <psanchez at colcan.ca> To: The Canadian Ubuntu
> Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com> Cc: Ubuntu Canada list
> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Re: Antivirus software ??? 
> Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2016 18:41:48 -0400
> 
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