Ubunto 8.10 and AVG 7.5.51

[Dirk Freitag]

Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> Dirk Freitag wrote:
>> Avi Greenbury wrote:
>>> Steve Reilly wrote:
>>>> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>>>>> I just downloaded AVG 7.5.51-a1423 and I can't get working correctly.
>>>>>> I know I need to get license number but this is only the free ver so
>>>>>> where do I get that from.
>>>>>>
>>>>> You don't need that here :) Welcome to the real world!
>>>>>
>>>> agreed, unless you plan on forwarding a bunch of viruses and untested
>>>> .exe files to your "friends" on windows boxes, then theres absolutely no
>>>> need for antivirus software on linux.
>>>>
>>> I disagree.
>>>
>>> At the risk of starting another long, pointless sub-thread, the only way 
>>> to make sure you're not forwarding a bunch of binaries and untested exe 
>>> files to your friends is to run some kind of anti-virus software.
>>>
>>> All my boxes that interact with Windows clients (which is nigh on all of 
>>> them) run anti-virus software. The fact that the boxes themselves are 
>>> impervious to the bulk of what they are looking for doesn't mean they 
>>> should ignore them and leave them be to go and destroy other people's 
>>> computers.
>>>
>>> I don't know why Chris feels the need to run anti-virus software, and I 
>>> don't think it's entirely fair to just tell him he's wrong without 
>>> knowing why. Sure, suggest that it's not always neccesary, but I 
>>> _really_ dislike the whole "that's a Windows problem, we'll sit and 
>>> watch" mentality.
>>>
>>> Anyway, rant over, back to helpining
>>>
>> I must say, Avi, that until you said that, I never thought of it that 
>> way.  I would say the same thing that other people said in response to 
>> this that anti-virus is not needed.  The only question now is that can a 
>> linux anti-virus detect windows bases viruses?  I am sorry if this seems 
>> as a silly question, but as I have never run anti-virus under Linux, so 
>> I do not know.  :)
> 
> Yes. Considering there are a miniscule number of viruses/malware 
> targeting Linux compared to Windows, and AV's work off of signatures, 
> the overwhelming number of "viruses" detect by a Linux AV are Windows-based.
> 
> Plus most AV on Linux needed is for mail servers and act as filters to 
> protect file sharing and mail delivery.
> 
> ClamAV is built specifically with mail delivery interception in mind.
> 

That's really interesting.  So what would be the best Linux AV?


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Dirk Freitag
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