A little confused

[M W]

Thank you, that seems to be the concensus so I have decided to by pass that,
at least for now.
Thanks for your help.

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Ioannis Vranos
<cppdeveloper at ontelecoms.gr>wrote:

> On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 12:11 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> > On 08/29/2010 11:54 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> > > Antivirus is not needed in Linux.
> >
> > Please don't start. Also please *read*
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus
> > <quote>
> > For the most part, Linux is engineered in a fashion that makes it hard
> > for viruses to run (click here for more info). However, there are many
> > reasons you might want a virus scanner on your Linux PC:
> >
> >     * to scan a Windows drive in your PC
> >     * to scan a Windows-based network attached server or hard drive
> >     * to scan Windows machines over a network
> >     * to scan files you are going to send to other people
> >     * to scan e-mail you are going to forward to other people
> >     * some Windows viruses can run with Wine.
> >     * Linux virus infections are theoretically possible
> > <quote>
> >
> > It depends on the environment, and in my case, the first 3 apply.
>
>
> I am talking about Linux, so only your last asterisk line applies.
>
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> I am not going to install an antivirus in my Linux host, in case I
> forward some document with virus to some Windows user.
>
> It is their responsibility to have an antivirus on their machines, or to
> change their OS.
>
>
> And the OP was asking for an antivirus on his personal Linux PC, not
> some corporate mail server where Windows users connect to get their
> emails.
>
>
> So I gave the proper short answer, no antivirus is needed in practice.
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