Avast antivirus for linux

[Bob McConnell]

Wulfy wrote:
> Pastor JW wrote:
>> Well, in that vein, because I have never had a burglary in my house does not 
>> mean I have no use for the door locks does it?  Fact is, without the stops in 
>> place, we are indeed leaving ourselves very vulnerable!  Vulnerability has 
>> nothing to do with how likely something is to happen, but rather whether or 
>> not it is POSSIBLE.
>>   
> Lots of things are POSSIBLE...  doesn't mean their LIKELY.  You could be 
> hit by a meteor, what precautions are you taking for that event?  I 
> suspect that being hit by a Linux virus is slightly more probable than 
> that...
> 

Let's take look at the environment.

"The short life and hard times of a Linux virus"
<http://librenix.com/?inode=21>

Some call it a non-issue:
<http://linuxgazette.net/issue48/tag/7.html>

But there is a threat, and at least 100 known Linux virus:
<http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3307459975.html>

There may be more as Linux becomes more popular:
<http://mostly-linux.blogspot.com/2006/06/linux-popularity-and-lack-of-viruses.html>

And some recent history:
"Security Report: Windows vs Linux" by Nicholas Petreley
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/security/security_report_windows_vs_linux/>

This collection took five minutes to find on Google. There are lots 
more. Your next step is risk assessment. How much time, effort and money 
are you willing to throw at the problem?

Bob McConnell
N2SPP