ClamAv: is anyone paying attention?

Mario Vukelic mario.vukelic at dantian.org
Mon Nov 20 19:01:33 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 10:52 -0700, drew einhorn wrote:
> And at
> the present time linux viruses are a NEARLY insignificant threat.
> 
Where does the "NEARLY" come from? Care to give a pointer to a virus
info page about a Linux virus that is anywhere near being a real threat?

> But, have you ever heard the term, "privilege escalation"?
> 
Sure

> Sooner or later, we WILL be hit with the first big linux virus
> outbreak. 

Agreed that this might happen, but at this time AFAICT there is not one
around






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