Re: Anti-Virus Product for Linux/Fedora?

From: Steven Kinch (steven.kinch_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 02/18/05

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    Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:14:25 GMT

    On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:18:22 -0500, epigram wrote:

    > I recently installed Linux/Fedora3. Is there a recommended anti-virus
    > product for this OS? Ideally I'd like something that would update itself
    > and require minimal intervention from myself. Any suggestions would be
    > greatly appreciated..
    >
    > Thanks

    I am sure that there must be but you don't really need one. There are
    only two or three linux viruses known to man and most of them were
    designed as "proof of concept" programs. My ntlworld account has nothing
    but spam and viruses in it. If I downloaded mail from it in Windows, my
    system would be toast. Never had a problem with any linux I've tried.

    FProt is very good if you are using your Linux machine as a server to
    provide mail to Windows boxes though.

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