Re: Antivirus for Debian
Quoting Brian (ad44@cityscape.co.uk):
> On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 19:24:49 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:58:50 +0400
> > Dwijesh Gajadur <dwijesh1@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Dwijesh,
> >
> > >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 viruses that run on linux (any distro) are few and far between.
>
> To the extent that they don't exist. So the frequency of them is not an
> issue.
>
> > Existing almost entirely as "proof of concept".
> >
> > As Renaud points out, if you run a mailserver, then you would be well
> > advised to run AV software. That software will be looking for Windows
> > malware though, not linux.
>
> I run a mail server on Debian. All mail is handled by it. I do not run
> AV software, Where am I going wrong? I refuse to take your advice to
> install AV software simply because I have a mail server. I am not "well
> advised".
I'm getting confused. You posted earlier:
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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.
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Could you clarify for me what you mean. Should you or shouldn't you
run AV software when running a mail server?
Cheers,
David.
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