Antivirus and anti spam for ubuntu desktop

[valhalla2100 at comcast.net]

Thanks for the list.

Do you have any preference?

There are a number of anti-virus applications available for Linux computers, including:

    * Avast! (freeware and commercial versions)
    * AVG (freeware and commercial versions)
    * Avira (freeware and commercial)
    * Bitdefender (freeware and commercial versions)
    * ClamAV (free open source software)
    * Eset (commercial versions)[8][9][10]
    * F-Secure Linux (commercial)
    * Kaspersky Linux Security (commercial)[11]
    * McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux (commercial)[12]
    * Panda Security for Linux (commercial version)[13]
    * Sophos (commercial)
    * Symantec AntiVirus for Linux (commercial)[14]
    * Trend Micro ServerProtect for Linux (commercial)

Thomas

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Bensley" <jwbensley at gmail.com>
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 1:04:59 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: Antivirus and anti spam for ubuntu desktop

Proof of concept:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_(virus)

Also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware#Threats

Never say you don't need anti virus, install it but just turn it off
if you like, to say you will never need it is naive and foolish.

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Regards,
James ;)

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