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On Sun, 1 May 2005 19:05:07 +0100 Ben Goodger wrote:
There is almost certainly no need for viral checking in Linux, due to a) the fact that nobody has yet bothered to write a virus for it and b) its security is so excellent so as to provent any viral activity.
How about c) You're running a mail server that serves to Windows clients. That'd seem like a pretty logical reason to want to scan for virii, regardless of whether Linux is prone to infection or not.
And, I don't think there are any virus scanners for Linux, but SELinux is a good way of improving your security.
Yeah, there are actually quite a few. My favourite one is ClamAV. Grant. -- Artificial intelligence is no match for nuratal stidutipy. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html