The question rages on Linux forums. My intention is to get organised
for the day it does matter. So far, there has not been much motivation.
The windoze habit of scanning more or less regularly lingered for a
while but these days I only think of it when a thread like this comes in
front of me. And then, I do nothing.
As for having a process running in the background, I haven't worked out
how to do that yet.
There are, evidently, nasties which target Linux systems but very few.
It is by no means the priority that it is on windoze.
BTW, the list on http://www.uniwebserve.com/antivirus.htm is of a-v
software generally, not Linux-specific software.
Johnny Andersson wrote:
2006/9/9, Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I've used three anti-virus programmes for Linux (and stayed with clamav):
<snip>
James Mckenzie wrote:
><snip>
>> It is weird they'd make a Linux version but not a Mac Version
>> (especially since OSX is based on BSD and they use Intel CPUs now).
>
> Not only that, but the support for the free edition appears to be
Windows only. No Linux.
Just a question for you Linux and Mac guys (I am going to install some kind
of Linux as soon as possible, that's one of the reasons I ask):
Do you really need Antivirus for MacOS and Linux?
I have Windows 98 and I am not even sure that I need Antivirus for that. So
far it (AVG) found almost nothing on my PC (AVG updates automatically
almost
every day). The few times it found something, I found it before AVG did
(like in email attachments etc). I just don't open files if I'm not 100%
sure about what it is. But still I run AVG "just in case", but honestly, my
PC is so slow, so I would appreciate running as little as possible in the
background.
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