Is there any attack launched for our linux, any virus or smthing, coz i used to brag about my ubuntu all the time to my friends, they dont believe it.. Any known attacks !!

Most attacks or exploits will be in the software or in root kits. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...mputer_viruses according to this yes there has been viruses but not a single wide spread virus. The major problem for viruses is that on a linux system viruses have problems attaining root permission but on Windows your User account is normally setup as Root thus you have full permissions to the File system and registry.

Oh no !! I dint knew unless i read that article of wiki

I believe there is one application called antirootkit, wont it detect !!
Any other remedy !!
I cud find only that application , thats why
Any known software, to cope this threat

Well it is like this. You can have the best security system in the world, but what is the point if you never set it. In short by patching your software and not running unneeded software, and placing a firewall on your system you should be fine. Course non of my debian boxes have been attacked in any way shape or form. (knocks on wood). I think a better statement to have made would have been my linux system is less likely to be attacked than windows machines.

Linux and Widespread Virus Attacks ... I dont think so ...


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Well to go a step further, Should linux run antivirus??? My answer is it depends.

Mail Servers - yes. AV will help scrub incoming mail to ensure that it is clean for delivery to say outlook.

File Server - yes. Here the AV will scrub documents to ensure they stay clean so an infection of a .doc or .xls file will not cause widespread viruses on your corporate network.

Desktop - Possibly. Are you going to be sharing files with people. Then yeah take the liberty and keep your files clean so that you don't infect another user.


I think we need to have a deeper thought about AV than just, well linux doesn't get infected by viruses. Well that is fine but what is the use of a file server if all your clients are down due to the server housing a virus, and the same goes for email.

I use AV on my lappie, and I have an clamav email scrubber on the firewall.

Clamv turn to be crap for me, better not having sound knwledge if it, do u believe it is useful, can u send me sme link to explore more on clamv
Moreover its being normally hanging process for .
I need to killl everytime i installed, so uninstalled

Any more help brothers to explore more on it

I run Mac OS X, Linux (more than one) and Windows (more than one).
I don't install anti-virus software of any kind. I got hit in the year 2000 when I bought my first computer. But never worried about such malware since. Caus' I'm very good at avoiding malware.
Don't know how.
Maybe cause I'm not into porn.
And probably because I back up everything, including all my operating systems, and when I suspect something is not right, or things are not as they should be, I just wipe the partition writing random data, re-build the partition, and re-load an image of an un-infected (fresh) installation.
With a P4 3.4GHz processor, it's only a few minutes wasted to be back into a "new computer" state.
Why waste your money (or time) on malware protection?
I spend many hours per day on the www, and don't get hit.

Why?

Screening e-mails may have an impact.

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