Re: Antivirus for Debian
On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 14:08:44 -0400, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:58:50 +0400
> Dwijesh Gajadur <dwijesh1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello guys. I wanted to know if antivirus is required for Debian or for
> > linux in general. And if it is required, what are the recommended antivirus
> > for Debian?
>
> The only time you may want an anti-virus is when you are running a
> mail server, so you can avoid spreading infected mails.
... to OSs which are susceptible to such viruses. It's a good neighbour
policy.
> Probability of a virus infecting your Linux box is at the present time
> negligible.
Agreed. But do not run as root.
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