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> >
> > 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?
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > With Kind Regards,
> > Dwijesh
tarted a thread:
>
> 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?
> Thank you in advance.
>
> With Kind Regards,
> Dwijesh
On 08/21/2015 09:29 AM, Martin Skjöldebrand wrote:
Well one reason is if your mail server also has webmail. Then your
users, Debian based for 90% or their time, would possibly access your
mail server from some other more virus affected OS as well. And be at
risk that way.
That begs the questio
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On 21/08/15 12:55, Frédéric Marchal wrote:
> On Friday 21 August 2015 11:28:43 Diogene Laerce wrote:
>> Could anyone here, honest, as we all are I know, guarantee at
>> 100% that the OP won't ever have any virus issue on his Debian
>> system ?
>>
> Could anyone here, honest, as we all are I know, guarantee at 100% that
> the OP won't ever have any virus issue on his Debian system ?
[...]
> Should he fear viruses as much as on a Windows system ?
Wrong questions.
The question is whether an anti-virus scanner will provide extra
protection on
On Friday 21 August 2015 09:25:24 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 21 August 2015 08:53:46 to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 01:55:54PM +0200, Frédéric Marchal wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > My understanding of ClamAV is that it is not suitable to scan an
> > > infected Linux com
> >
> > >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 viruses that run on linux (any distro) are few and far betwee
On Friday 21 August 2015 08:53:46 to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 01:55:54PM +0200, Frédéric Marchal wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > My understanding of ClamAV is that it is not suitable to scan an
> > infected Linux computer from the computer itself.
>
> The best summary so-far. Thanks f
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On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 01:55:54PM +0200, Frédéric Marchal wrote:
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> My understanding of ClamAV is that it is not suitable to scan an infected
> Linux computer from the computer itself.
The best summary so-far. Thanks for it!
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On Friday 21 August 2015 11:28:43 Diogene Laerce wrote:
> Could anyone here, honest, as we all are I know, guarantee at 100% that
> the OP won't ever have any virus issue on his Debian system ?
>
> No.
>
> Should he fear viruses as much as on a Windows system ?
>
> Certainly not.
>
> Security r
On Friday 21 August 2015 12:18:15 Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 5:50 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Friday 21 August 2015 10:28:43 Diogene Laerce wrote:
> > > So should you (the OP) run an AV ?
> > >
> > > Well.. I guess. IMVHO ;)
> >
> > We are all almost all agreed that he should r
On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 5:50 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Friday 21 August 2015 10:28:43 Diogene Laerce wrote:
> > So should you (the OP) run an AV ?
> >
> > Well.. I guess. IMVHO ;)
>
> We are all almost all agreed that he should run one to protect his
> Windows using friends from viruses which m
On Friday 21 August 2015 10:28:43 Diogene Laerce wrote:
> So should you (the OP) run an AV ?
>
> Well.. I guess. IMVHO ;)
We are all almost all agreed that he should run one to protect his
Windows using friends from viruses which may be contained in forwarded email.
If it also protects his own
neral. And if it is required, what are the recommended
>>> antivirus for Debian?
>>> Thank you in advance.
>> Required no, advised I guess.
> You guessed wrong.
Could anyone here, honest, as we all are I know, guarantee at 100% that
the OP won't ever have any virus
On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 3:45 PM, John Hasler wrote:
> While it would be possible (though very difficult) to write malware for
> Linux the main reason why we needn't worry about it on the desktop is
> that there are so few of us using it that it not worth the criminals'
> time to create it.
>
The
s required for Debian or
> > > > for linux in general. And if it is required, what are the recommended
> > > > antivirus for Debian?
> > > > Thank you in advance.
>
> > > Required no, advised I guess.
>
> > You guessed wrong.
>
> Altho
On Fri 21 Aug 2015 at 07:21:48 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:46:40PM +0100, Brian wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Your point is a good one, as is John Hasler's.
> >
> > But it really doesn't matter how much malware a user has stacked up in
> > their $HOME as long as the sys
On Fri 21 Aug 2015 at 00:59:45 +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> Le tridi 3 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Brian a écrit :
> > Yes. Without system integrity a user's files are worthless. Protecting
> > the system protects *all* users. That is the responsibility of the
> > administrator.
>
> So basically, yo
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On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:46:40PM +0100, Brian wrote:
[...]
> Your point is a good one, as is John Hasler's.
>
> But it really doesn't matter how much malware a user has stacked up in
> their $HOME as long as the system is safe. The safeness of the
Le tridi 3 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Brian a écrit :
> Yes. Without system integrity a user's files are worthless. Protecting
> the system protects *all* users. That is the responsibility of the
> administrator.
So basically, you are saying that protecting the system is more important
than protecting
On Fri 21 Aug 2015 at 00:19:55 +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> Le tridi 3 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Brian a écrit :
> > But it really doesn't matter how much malware a user has stacked up in
> > their $HOME as long as the system is safe.
>
> Do you really consider that the system, mostly made from fi
>>> your advice to install AV software simply because I have a mail
>>> server. I am not "well advised".
>>
>> I'm getting confused. You posted earlier:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 14:08:44 -0400, Renaud OLGIATI wro
On Thursday 20 August 2015 23:19:55 Nicolas George wrote:
> Le tridi 3 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Brian a écrit :
> > But it really doesn't matter how much malware a user has stacked up in
> > their $HOME as long as the system is safe.
>
> Do you really consider that the system, mostly made from files
Le tridi 3 fructidor, an CCXXIII, Brian a écrit :
> But it really doesn't matter how much malware a user has stacked up in
> their $HOME as long as the system is safe.
Do you really consider that the system, mostly made from files widely
distributed, is more precious than the users' personal files
On Thursday 20 August 2015 22:46:40 Brian wrote:
> On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 17:16:13 -0400, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:45:09 -0500
> >
> > John Hasler wrote:
> > > the main reason why we needn't worry about it on the desktop is
> > > that there are so few of us using it that it
On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 17:16:13 -0400, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:45:09 -0500
> John Hasler wrote:
>
> > the main reason why we needn't worry about it on the desktop is
> > that there are so few of us using it that it not worth the criminals'
> > time to create it.
>
> Anothe
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:45:09 -0500
John Hasler wrote:
> the main reason why we needn't worry about it on the desktop is
> that there are so few of us using it that it not worth the criminals'
> time to create it.
Another is that our systems are not nearly as standardized as those from
Redmont,
; Hello Dwijesh,
> > >
> > > >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 viruses that ru
On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 15:57:26 -0400, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:30:18 +0100
> Brian wrote:
>
> > I refuse to take your advice to install AV software simply because
> > I have a mail server. I am not "well advised".
>
> Or you neglect your duty to the clients of your mail
While it would be possible (though very difficult) to write malware for
Linux the main reason why we needn't worry about it on the desktop is
that there are so few of us using it that it not worth the criminals'
time to create it.
--
John Hasler
jhas...@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
>https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/284124-myth-busting-is-linux-immune-to-viruses
Nobody serious would claim that a system like GNU/Linux can be immune.
But that doesn't mean that anti-virus software is a good way to protect
a GNU/Linux system.
Stefan
> We run a list server. Clamav and spamassassin find viruses and spam all
> the time.
Not finding spam would indeed be pretty scary.
As for finding viruses, don't forget that finding viruses is only useful
if that virus would have infected some other machine. Viruses "caught"
by anti-virus soft
uired for Debian or for
> > >linux in general. And if it is required, what are the recommended
> > >antivirus for Debian?
> >
> > The viruses that run on linux (any distro) are few and far between.
>
> To the extent that they don't exist. So the fre
> 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 corresponding Debian package is `unattended-upgrades'.
Much more efficient, and much more secure.
Stefan
ow if antivirus is required for Debian or for
> > >linux in general. And if it is required, what are the recommended
> > >antivirus for Debian?
> >
> > The viruses that run on linux (any distro) are few and far between.
>
> To the extent that they don't exist. So th
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:30:18 +0100
Brian wrote:
> I refuse to take your advice to install AV software simply because I have a
> mail server. I am not "well advised".
Or you neglect your duty to the clients of your mail server.
Cheers,
Ron.
--
You can always rely on America do
o know if antivirus is required for Debian or
> >>>> for linux in general. And if it is required, what are the recommended
> >>>> antivirus for Debian?
> >>>> Thank you in advance.
> >>>
> >>> Required no, advised I guess.
> >>
>
is required for
>>>> Debian or for linux in general. And if it is required, what
>>>> are the recommended antivirus for Debian? Thank you in
>>>> advance.
>
>>> Required no, advised I guess.
>
>> You guessed wrong.
>
> Although I know
On Thursday 20 August 2015 20:39:39 Miles Fidelman wrote:
> doug wrote:
> > On 08/20/2015 01:58 PM, Dwijesh Gajadur 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 recommende
Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote:
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:33:17 +0100
Brian wrote:
On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 20:24:16 +0200, Diogene Laerce 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
doug wrote:
On 08/20/2015 01:58 PM, Dwijesh Gajadur 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?
Thank you in advance.
With Kind Regards,
Dwijesh
I use clamav. I don&#
d, what are the recommended
> >antivirus for Debian?
>
> The viruses that run on linux (any distro) are few and far between.
To the extent that they don't exist. So the frequency of them is not an
issue.
> Existing almost entirely as "proof of concept".
>
> As Ren
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:58:50 +0400
Dwijesh Gajadur wrote:
Hello Dwijesh,
>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 viruses that run on linux (any distro) are fe
On 08/20/2015 01:58 PM, Dwijesh Gajadur 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?
Thank you in advance.
With Kind Regards,
Dwijesh
I use clamav. I don't remember
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:33:17 +0100
Brian wrote:
> On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 20:24:16 +0200, Diogene Laerce 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
>
On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 20:24:16 +0200, Diogene Laerce wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le 20/08/2015 19:58, Dwijesh Gajadur a écrit :
> > 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
>
On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 14:08:44 -0400, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:58:50 +0400
> Dwijesh Gajadur 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 ant
Hi,
Le 20/08/2015 19:58, Dwijesh Gajadur a écrit :
> 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?
> Thank you in advance.
Required no, advised I guess.
https://w
On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 21:58:50 +0400, Dwijesh Gajadur 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?
> Thank you in advance.
None is needed.
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:58:50 +0400
Dwijesh Gajadur 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 runni
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?
Thank you in advance.
With Kind Regards,
Dwijesh
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