From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Which desktop antivirus?
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:22:23 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAA2qdGVqF30BGEThZ-7h6YSCQPwyL17MZAz38xufqvpLwJr0Uw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC=wYCFjbAPz0dXUkY-VCqjE_B9vQ5K6uEujNsdq3gbFqzMmpQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Oct 22, 2011 9:10 PM, "Adam Carter" <adamcarter3@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > there aren't any Linux viruses,
>
> Except for the ones listed on the page below, which is probably
incomplete.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware
>
> But yeah, on a linux desktop (especially a Gentoo one) you don't need
> a virus scanner. Yet.
>
That IMO is one aspect where Gentoo is 'naturally hardened' even when
compared to other Linux distros: malware writers can't be sure that the
vectors they need exist in a target box.
Rgds,
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Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-22 11:27 [gentoo-user] Which desktop antivirus? Mick
2011-10-22 11:29 ` Nilesh Govindarajan
2011-10-22 11:43 ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-22 14:22 ` Jonas de Buhr
2011-10-22 15:40 ` Mick
2011-10-22 17:03 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2011-10-22 20:31 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-30 12:35 ` Mick
2011-10-22 11:37 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-10-22 14:07 ` Adam Carter
2011-10-22 14:22 ` Pandu Poluan [this message]
2011-10-22 15:14 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-10-22 19:55 ` Mark Knecht
2011-10-22 20:47 ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-22 21:30 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-10-23 4:04 ` Adam Carter
2011-10-23 7:49 ` Mick
2011-10-23 9:06 ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-22 17:27 ` [gentoo-user] " Dale
2011-10-22 18:46 ` Mick
2011-10-22 19:15 ` Dale
2011-10-23 11:01 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-10-29 15:39 ` Mick
2011-10-29 17:26 ` Mark Knecht
2011-10-29 18:11 ` Mick
2011-10-29 18:25 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-10-29 18:40 ` Mick
2011-10-30 12:50 ` Mick
2011-10-30 13:32 ` James Broadhead
2011-10-30 15:29 ` Mick
2011-10-31 9:54 ` James Broadhead
2011-10-30 20:01 ` James Broadhead
2011-10-23 22:47 ` Dale
2011-10-22 19:05 ` Andrey Moshbear
2011-10-22 19:17 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-10-23 7:20 ` du yang
2011-10-23 8:38 ` Pandu Poluan
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