Avast antivirus for linux

[Florian Diesch]

Pastor JW <pastor_jw at the-inner-circle.org> wrote:

> On Tuesday 22 April 2008 11:39:14 am Wulfy wrote:
>> Steve Flynn wrote:
>> > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>> >>     So far ALL virus are written for Windows.
>> >
>> > APART from all the viruses written for Mac OS* and *nix systems.
>>
>> As a matter of interest, how many viruses are out there for Mac OS* and
>> *nix as opposed to the millions form Win*?  How likely is it that we are
>> vulnerable?
>
> 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?  

It's much better to lock your doors than to install a alarm system
that detects known burglars by face recognition.


> Fact is, without the stops in place, we are indeed leaving ourselves
> very vulnerable!

Keep your software up to date, only use software from trustworthy
sources, don't execute programs that come by mail, be careful when
installing software that can e used from remote, don't use root
privileges if it's not necessary, ... That gets you pretty good
security. If you feel you need more security have a look at the
harden-* packages. harden-doc installs the 'Securing Debian HOWTO' in
/usr/share/doc/harden-doc. As Ubuntu is a Debian derivative most of
the things in there are useful for Ubuntu, too. 


> Vulnerability has nothing to do with how likely something is to
> happen, but rather whether or not it is POSSIBLE.

There is no way to get 100% security, it's all about reducing the
likelihood.



   Florian
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