* Re: [gentoo-user] Which desktop antivirus?
@ 2011-10-22 19:05 99% ` Andrey Moshbear
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From: Andrey Moshbear @ 2011-10-22 19:05 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 13:27, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mick wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm asked for a desktop antivirus (the box is running KDE) but I have
>> never
>> used an antivirus on Linux. This page that I googled up shows a number of
>> them:
>>
>> http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-linux-antivirus-programs/
>>
>> Meanwhile, portage only lists clamav under app-antivirus/.
>>
>> The machine in question is running kmail to receive/send messages from ISP
>> mail servers and ssmtp to send log messages for relaying via said ISP.
>>
>> What have you tried and what would you recommend for such a desktop setup?
>
> I have to agree with most everyone else on this one. You don't really need
> a anit-virus software to protect yourself. I do think it is good that you
> want to protect others by catching them while on your machine and then you
> know not to spread them around to others who can be infected. I used to do
> this a long time ago but I have policies here about sending messages to
> others. Mostly, I don't do it unless I know it is virus free. If I get a
> video that is funny or something, I find it on youtube and just forward a
> link to that. I'm sure youtube checks its stuff to be sure it is clean.
>
> If you set up a process like this, you shouldn't spread anything but you do
> have to think before hitting forward too. I think people have figured out I
> don't forward just anything so I don't get a lot of "junk" anymore.
>
> I do agree on using AVG as someone else posted. I have that on my brothers
> XP box. He likes it better than Norton that he used to pay for. If you can
> get that running on Linux, then that would be great. Another pretty good
> one that I used to use was f-prot but I think AVG would be better still.
>
Nod32 is nice, but you need to patch dazuko into your kernel for it to
work in real-time.
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