Re: Anti-virus
From: Phisherman (nobody_at_noone.com)
Date: 01/29/04
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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:29:31 GMT
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:46:23 GMT, "Randy Allen"
<rpallen@earthlink.net> wrote:
>As a long time Windows user and a recent Linux user, there are two things
>that I used in Windows that I've heard repeatedly are not necessary in
>Linux. These are defragmentation and anti-virus programs. Can anyone tell
>me why there is no need for these in Linux?
>Thanks.
>Randy
>
They are very different OSes. Unix/Linux was built from the beginning
with a focus on security. That makes it tough for viruses to dump a
damining payload. However, as Linux becomes more popular, I suspect
anti-virus utilities will be a concern. Not sure about the defrag,
but I know that Unix will start checking the drive integrity all by
itself. Windows OS is very fragile compared to Unix/Linux. I
suspect that is one reason for the increased interest in Linux,
especially for servers and systems that require lots of reliability.
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