Re: Antivirus for Debian
On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 15:11:09 -0500, David Wright wrote:
> 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?
If your users are on Debian I cannot see why you should do.
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