[wplug] OS X, Linux, anti-virus?

[Christopher DeMarco]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 01:54:09PM -0400, Scott Bourns wrote:

> Do you  folks  think  it  is  necessary  and/or  recommended to  run
> anti-virus protection on OS X or any of the *NIX distros?

ClamAV is pretty good, as  far as I've seen  it's only the  historical
"zoo" definitions  which   are   [currently] lagging  the   commercial
vendors.  So it's  probably a pretty good idea  to start scanning your
mail, if you can, and to get AV integrated with your system.  With the
amount of  attention and new users that  GNU/Linux is getting, coupled
with the bloat of KDE/GNOME/Mozilla, it's only a matter of time before
a significant malware event.  While  it won't help  against a zero day
event, if Clam continues to be updated as  zealously as it seems to be
at present  it can provide  a backup to Good  Sysadmin Practices - and
help give you peace-of-mind if you  don't run md5sum as religiously as
you ought.

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