[CentOS] Stupid Question (Linux antivirus)

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:08:38 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:

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> Is there a real big need for having an anti-virus on linux?
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> if so what are some good ones to use?

There are no 'viruses' (in the MS-Windows sense) for Linux *in the
wild*.  There are rootkits and from time-to-time exploits in various
network services.  If you keep things up-to-date and use a properly
configured firewall, etc. this is generally not a problem.

If you are running a file or mail server for MS-Windows clients, there
are scanners that check for *MS-Windows* viruses.

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