Re: Antivirus for Debian
I think we have to be careful when we talk about the usefulness of
anti-malware tools and tactics.
Carelessly asserting the superior inherent security of Linux based
systems can be read as reassurance that we are invincible. Carelessly
acknowledging the problems with our tools can easily be read as
reassurance that they are all not useful enough to be bothered with.
I think both attitudes discourage real understanding of the nature of
the problems, and encourage bad strategies.
In particular, everyone who nodded in assent when someone said or
implied that no meaningful threats exist in the wild, please go back
and read the wikipedia page on linux malware again. Sure, the page is
not perfectly accurate, particularly in the (lack of) discussion of
strategies, but there is enough there to tell us that real threats
have existed and do currently exist in the wild.
(And the argument that threats to MSWindows users can safely be
ignored by Linux users is just too much us-versus-them, isn't it?)
Joel Rees
Computer memory is just fancy paper,
CPUs just fancy pens.
All is a stream of text
flowing from the past into the future.
On 2015/08/21 2:59 "Dwijesh Gajadur" <dwijesh1@gmail.com> started a thread:
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> 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?
> Thank you in advance.
>
> With Kind Regards,
> Dwijesh
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