Virus Software

jrv331 · 03-07-2007, 11:31 AM

Im coming from XP and have read a few web pages about not needing virus software in Linux - is this advisable for a new user?
Thanks
John

pljvaldez · 03-07-2007, 11:33 AM

I do use virus scanning on linux, but only because I don't want to be a carrier for my Windows friends. Linux virus scanners like F-Prot or ClamAV run on linux but are scanning for Windows viruses. But there are very few viruses for linux in existence and none are loose in the wild.

jrv331 · 03-07-2007, 11:47 AM

pljvaldez,
Thanks for the help - just another reason to dump Windows.
John

dasy2k1 · 03-07-2007, 05:28 PM

linux viruses are so rare that there are no insidances in the wild at the moment AFFAIK.

you can still inadvertantly transmit windows viruses without getting infected,

a very decent client for getting rid of thease is AVG (www.avgfree.com)

there are 3 RPM files avalable to download, all with only 1 letter diffenrt in the name,

the leter that changes is imporant though,
m for mandrake/mandrivia
r for redhat/fedora
s for suse