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The Monday 2008-01-21 at 08:47 -0500, John B Pace wrote:
So, it is like it used to be, Carlos?
Huh, I could have missed this out of thread email.
Really no need for antivirus
software? Interesting that the windows machines are being protected
from themselve. I assume some distros must be weaker than others? Or why
would clamav or antivir (Avira GmbH) been created. I'm probably sticking
my foot in my mouth or worse my head where the sun doesn't bother
shining, but I'm really curious as to clamav and antivir. You don't have
to answer this if you don't want, Carlos. I can check it out! Thanks!
John
Other people have already said what I could have said and even expanded
what I intended to say :-)
I'll add something. The problem in Linux is not "virus", but other types
of malware, like worms, rootkits, attacks, perhaps trojans... Most of them
are fighted by firewalls, proper software maintenance (ie, closing fast
the holes as they are discovered), good practices (not installing anything
from anywhere, for instance).
It is possible that an email contains code, but in Linux mail clients do
not execute code without you knowing - and would execute as user, not
root, so the damage would be limited. But innocuous files like gif images
have been known to trigger holes in some software (now and then a hole of
this type is closed by an update). Or a pdf file can contain scripts which
are executed by acrobat. Some of this things could be detected by an
antivirus scanning email.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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