[CentOS] Stupid Question (Linux antivirus)

Tue Sep 29 14:19:25 UTC 2009
Brian Mathis <brian.mathis at gmail.com>

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Eric Clark <eric.clark at d-t-s-corp.com> wrote:
> Is there a real big need for having an anti-virus on linux?
>
> if so what are some good ones to use?
>

In many companies that have compliance requirements, all servers are
required to have antivirus.  The argument that "Linux servers don't
get viruses" is irrelevant and falls on deaf ears.  (And no, you
cannot just say, "well the auditors don't know what they are talking
about" and consider the case closed).

We are using clam-av with a scheduled nightly scan.  Seems to work well enough.