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Old 04-26-2006, 03:25 PM   #1
ninjaz
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x86_64 Virus Scanners


I am running RHEL v.4 as my border router and LAMP server. I have most of my security set up but I am still worried about viruses. I have been searching around the internet to try and find a virus scanner and have found a few of them but they're only for the i386 platform. Does anyone know where I could download one for the 64bit OS or is there so much of a different from the x86 to the 64bit version that those worms and viruses that are out there that they only affect the x86 platform?
 
Old 04-26-2006, 11:37 PM   #2
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32 bit will run and work just fine on a 64 bit system. Virii and worms don't care whether it's a 32 or 64 bit system. Also, it's not good practice to run other apps on the same system as a router. Especially web servers.
 
  


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