For a workstation you shouldn't need antivirus software - it's normally only necessary for servers where people are uploading stuff like Word documents (e.g. someone using MS Word on a virtual drive could in theory infect their files on that drive).
A virus, in the strict sense of the word, can't do much, if anything, on a Linux system. As someone (on this list?) pointed out, to infect a linux box with a classic e-mail ploy, you'd have to do something like this: Dear user, Please copy the attached file foo to your home directory, or better still, if you have root priveleges, somewhere like /usr/bin. Then type chmod a+x foo. Hit return, type ./foo and hit return again. There are a few worms that can get into a Linux system, but again you should only be worried if you're running a server - for normal workstation purposes, it's enough to set security on Mandrake to "medium". Robin [ © ª N ª ® i º JØË ]¹ wrote: >Mandrake-group: > >I wonder whether > > · an antivirus is mandatory for Mandrake > >and, if positive, > > · which one is recommended. > >Is there any good open source antivirus (for workstations) ? > >Cheers, > >---- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] [Ø©Eªnº - þªT®iª - NØsT®ª] >---- >Tuesday, December 25, 2001, 0:02:34 [Islas Canarias, GMT]. >---- >end of file > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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