From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RKChB-0004of-PY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:27:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7F73421C0BA; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:27:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f181.google.com (mail-gx0-f181.google.com [209.85.161.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 040B121C028 for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:26:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnp2 with SMTP id p2so6211318ggn.40 for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:26:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=7fVlmPx1x1tAdgL+zB3TYJ94Ef0JVCB3d/xllx9zw0Y=; b=p0dd4CHKeBwZN0H9YD7cRgN92cur4gD8DIftcoq+z28XEzMvzeuVrBSnMQqJeExQlC HjkJ/RIvGZpROlHyF4gtAbPe2bQd58eonevj2Lb7SkBzEeYfCE6OqyGxWBhbGb3a+vGq qO3Gm5TgN0OqHrOBIhbvgz9IHcPtw11jkDi0A= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.202.68 with SMTP id kg4mr1600312obc.21.1319909205316; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:26:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.149.33 with HTTP; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:26:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201110291639.04734.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <201110221227.43568.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201110221947.10374.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <13204333.o4Zo6Cxzgh@localhost> <201110291639.04734.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:26:45 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which desktop antivirus? From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 169b537b6dc52efd1138f9e8bab6cb70 On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Mick wrote: > > The free bitdefender only offers MSWindows downloads: > > =C2=A0http://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html#System Requirements > > To use bitdefender for good on a *nix it seems that you have to pay ... = =C2=A0:( > > Have I got this wrong? > -- > Regards, > Mick > Mick, At the upper left of the page you linked to there was a link to ask for a free license for personal use: http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Products/ScannerLicense/ Do any folks here regularly run virus scanning on Gentoo boxes? Reading through the reasons you might want to I still see lack of root access and quick fixes for security problems at Linux advantages. Only the fact that Linux is more widely used every day is a reason to be concerned about anyone trying to attack. (I think.) Do good backups of /home. HTH, Mark