Virus scan result shows problem shock horror!
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debiani386 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 14 00:31:51 UTC 2008
> NB. I am aware of the strand of opinion that it is unecessary to scan
> for viruses on Linux partitions. It is not an opinion I share for
> reasons I have stated before. I have no wish to get bogged down in
> fruitless debates on this subject so kindly spare me any lectures.
>
> --
> Graham Watkins
True..while there are known viruses for linux, there are over 60,000
known viruses for windows. if i remember right, there have been ~40 (?)
known linux viruses. thats why alot of us say that it is unnecessary to
scan for viruses, but just in case you get one, it is nice to have an av
at hand..
--cj
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