ant-virus do i need one

I am new to linux and my question is do I need a ant-virus program, if
which one would be best and ware to find one.
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Boby

In article <39cv10p3835p0q2217vflivkdcovh1046n@4ax.com>, boby wrote:
> I am new to linux and my question is do I need a ant-virus program, if
> which one would be best and ware to find one.

A virus for linux would need to escalate it's privaleges for it to
execute any kind of serious payload; so no , you don't need one.

Fluffy

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On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, John Doe wrote:

> In article <39cv10p3835p0q2217vflivkdcovh1046n@4ax.com>, boby wrote:
> > I am new to linux and my question is do I need a ant-virus program, if
> > which one would be best and ware to find one.
>
> A virus for linux would need to escalate it's privaleges for it to
> execute any kind of serious payload; so no , you don't need one.

no no no

there might be a dozen ways to escalite privileges, what to you think the
last kernel-security update i.e. was about?
The root of the problem (possible executing of arbitrary code) is the same
as on windows. There are enough format-string- and
buffer-overflow-problems on linux software too.

ok ok ok
there are not that much viruses and worms for linux, so the risk of an
infection is not the same as on windows. So you might not need the same
kind of anti-virus-software like on windows.

But the fact that your box runs on linux does not mean that it is safe.

So you have to do the same things as on a windows system:
- close holes
- keep it up to date
- be careful about strange mails
....

But to be honest and to agree with John Doe, you can ignore the most
windows-worms, worm-mails etc.

regards

Stephan Knabe

boby wrote:

> I am new to linux and my question is do I need a ant-virus program, if
> which one would be best and ware to find one.

When in doubt, yes. When new to linux, no.

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"boby" <boby@ABC.ntlworld.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:39cv10p3835p0q2217vflivkdcovh1046n@4ax.com...
> I am new to linux and my question is do I need a ant-virus program, if
> which one would be best and ware to find one.
> --
> Boby

I can recommend f-prot,
it's free for personal use on Linux

R.Kj.

On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 14:35:52 +0000, boby <boby@ABC.ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>I am new to linux and my question is do I need a ant-virus program, if
>which one would be best and ware to find one.

At this time there are too few viruses written to run on Linux for you
to worry about it. There are a few worms, but even they aren't common
at all as long as keep up with security patches issued by your distro.

If you do want an AV anyway, F-Prot has one which is free for
personal use. Can be found here
http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/


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