On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 14:08:44 -0400, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:58:50 +0400 > Dwijesh Gajadur <dwije...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello guys. I wanted to know if antivirus is required for Debian or for > > linux in general. And if it is required, what are the recommended antivirus > > for Debian? > > The only time you may want an anti-virus is when you are running a > mail server, so you can avoid spreading infected mails.
... to OSs which are susceptible to such viruses. It's a good neighbour policy. > Probability of a virus infecting your Linux box is at the present time > negligible. Agreed. But do not run as root.
