Some thoughts about anti-virus software for Linux

[Mario Vukelic]

On Sat, 2009-01-24 at 02:07 +0100, Florian Diesch wrote:
> In theory an anti-malware program could check the package scripts
> for unusual or potentially dangerous code and warn you.

Yeah. "in theory" just as in theory if I knew the precise location and
momentum of every atom in the universe then I could use Newton's laws to
reveal the entire course of cosmic events, past and future ;)

I will worry about that as soon as anti-malware vendors can detect more
than 20% of new malware on Windows, where they have decades of
experience and no shortage of specimens to test with.
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Eighty-percent-of-new-malware-defeats-antivirus/0,130061744,139263949,00.htm>