basic - continued

[Odd]

Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:35:17 +0100
> Gilles Gravier <ggravier at fsfe.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi!
>>
>> On 08/02/2010 09:28, TSmith wrote:
>>>  > In any case, unless you're actually building a file server or a
>>>  > mail server, having an anti-virus on Linux is pretty much
>>>  > overkill.
>>>
>>> Why overkill?
>>>   
>> Well... given the actual number of Linux viruses in the wild... And
>> the system security mecanisms (which prevent a user application from
>> messing with system files)...
>>
>> Most Linux antivirus use virus definition files for Windows... because
>> they are used to control files stored on a file server (serving
>> Windows machines) or a mail server (accessed by Windows clients).
>>
>> Gilles.
>>
> I'd like to further state that anti-virus software still can only
> protect from the known.  It can't protect from what is coming up
> tomorrow or the next day.  It is a rear-guard action at the very best.

You've never heard of heuristic analysis, huh?

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

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Odd