Antivirus program for ubuntu feisty amd64

[cj]

Gilles Gravier wrote:

Gilles, i agree with you, but some people who use linux for business 
purposes will need things like firewalls and antivirus to keep there 
systems secure.

i know that linux doesnt need antivirus because it cant run windows 
programs, but there are linux viruses out there. here are a few of them:

antivirus.about.com/od/*linux*unix*viruses*/*Linux*_Unix_*Viruses*.htm



I also know that you dont really need a firewall for linux, but linux 
isnt 100% perfect and hackers can find holes in linux. but the nice 
thing is that those holes get patched.

--cj
> You DON'T need an antivirus on Linux.
>
> The only valid reason for which you might WANT an antivirus is if you 
> Linux machine is serving files via, for example, SMB, to a Windows 
> network. In that case, the antivirus can be used to check files that 
> are stored on the server for Windows viruses.
>
> At this moment, there are no significant viruses active on Linux.
>
> Gilles.
>
> Munip Ober wrote:
>> Hello
>>  
>> I use Ubuntu feisty 64 bit(amd64) version.
>> What antivirus program can I install?
>>  
>> Thanks for helping.
>> Munip
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