Antivirus

[Mike Bird]

On Mon June 16 2008 15:17:40 David McNally wrote:
> There's really no need for an antivirus program. It's linux; all viruses
> are intended to be compatible with Windows.

Linux is vulnerable to viruses, albeit less so than Windows:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_computer_viruses

A good Linux configuration will normally include anti-virus
both to help protect against Linux malware and to avoid
passing Windows and Mac viruses on to others.

--Mike Bird