On 07/12/17 14:19, Sylvia Sánchez wrote: > Linux has no viruses. Why would anyone want an anti-virus then? It is > possible to > install security tools of course, but those come with your distribution, you > don't > need to look up for external stuff. > Some people run Windows along side Linux and they do so while sharing file systems via samba, nfs, or other methods. Thus, they may wish to have the Linux side, using open source software, checking for virus in the event someone using Windows either doesn't have a virus scanner installed or doesn't keep their virus definitions updated as well as they should.
Additionally, some people run mail servers on their systems and serve a community of users that would like incoming emails to be scanned for infected emails prior to delivery. The clamav package for example, along with its milter, provides this functionality. -- Fedora Users List - The place to go to speculate endlessly
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