And another Ubuntu convert!

Knapp magick.crow at gmail.com
Wed Jan 21 18:41:50 UTC 2009


On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Gilles Gravier <gilles at gravier.org> wrote:
> Hi, Mark!
>
> Mark Haney wrote:
>
> I'm a little late coming to this thread, but I have a problem.  I don't
> like the fact that you told her that she didn't need antivirus.
>
> WRONG!  Seriously, this is a dangerous presumption on your part.
> Granted there are very few linux viruses, but this type of attitude will
>  just make virus writers salivate.
>
>
> This has been discussed so many times... I won't add to the debate.
>
> Please, please, throw clamav on there and cron freshclam for the latest
> updates.  And don't be tossing that around.  Everyone needs antivirus,
> regardless of OS or the perception of vulnerability of that OS.
>
>
> ClamAV is not an ON-ACCESS virus scanner, it's an ON-DEMAND. I.e. useless
> for the inexperienced user.
>
> You should recommend Avast for Linux Home Edition which is a free ON-ACCESS
> scanner. If you really feel paranoid about viruses for Linux.
>
> Otherwise, this is a great story and one I've been pleased to be part of
> on 5 or 6 occasions with my relatives, especially my Mom
>
> Hehe... Well, people who stay at my place and ask if they can access the
> internet from one of my machine, I have them use an old Ubuntu laptop...
> they get exposed and love it. :)
>
> Gilles.
> --
Can you explain that a bit more? And why is it not standard on an
Ubuntu install?



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