Do I need to worry about viruses and defragmentation?

[Michael Haney]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 16:28 -0500, Michael Haney wrote:
>>
>> There are virus checkers for Linux.  ClamAV is the most notable and
>> Avast makes a commercial AV program for Linux.
>
> Not wanting to restart the same argument again, but for the benefit of
> the OP: these exist almost exclusively to enable Unix mail servers to
> protect Windows mail clients from Windows viruses (but yes, they will
> come in handy if in the future Unix-like systems should be targeted by
> and prove vulnerable to email viruses)
>
> Again to the OP: if you search the list archives (use
> "site:lists.ubuntu.com" on google or use gmane.org), you will find all
> possible arguments about the "linux virus?" argument in the archive :)
>

So true, AV software on Linux isn't really useful unless you're
running a mail server.

Arguments?  Oh, I've seen flame wars break out over the subject.  Mac
virus "arguments [snicker ... laugh] are probably worse.

The overall consensus is there's nothing to worry about until Linux
becomes as popular an OS as Windows, which is the only reason why
ScriptKiddies and Crackers (Hackers don't write viruses) target that
OS oh 99.99% of the time.

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