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10-15-2005	#1 (permalink)
xalakibaniou Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 7	Antivirus Hi there! Where can I find an antivirus program for SuSE linux 9.0?

10-15-2005	#2 (permalink)
geese Linux User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida / Trinidad W.I. Posts: 278	I use ClamAV http://www.clamav.net/ I also use the Graphical Frontend KlamAV http://klamav.sourceforge.net/ __________________ Registered Linux user # 395739 direplay.com

10-15-2005	#3 (permalink)
msg43 Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Linux Drive Posts: 43	I have shocking News for you! You don't need one!

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d38dm8nw81k1ng Linux Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Newcastle Posts: 793	he's right. i read an article somewhere that there is no such thing as a linux virus, since the definition of a virus is that it can spread, which they cannot do from a linux box. you might want to keep rkhunter handy though, just in case. __________________ Here's why Linux is easier than Windows: Package Managers! Apt-Get and Portage (among others) allow users to install programs MUCH easier than Windows can. Hardware Drivers. In SuSE, ALL the hardware is detected and installed automatically! How is this harder than Windows' constant disc changing and rebooting?

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Originally Posted by d38dm8nw81k1ng

he's right. i read an article somewhere that there is no such thing as a linux virus, since the definition of a virus is that it can spread, which they cannot do from a linux box. you might want to keep rkhunter handy though, just in case.

Yep hes right rootkit can be very useful if you run into troubles highly unlikely.

10-15-2005	#6 (permalink)
apoorv_khurasia Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Laurasia Posts: 624	As of now people have not researched on making Linux viruses (one reason is being that its virtually impossible to make one, whatever). You need antiviruses for safety of those MS comps which "might" be linked to the same network as you. If thats not the case, don't waste your disk space by keeoing an Anti-Virus. __________________ "There is no sixth rule" --Rob Pike Registered Linux User: 400426 home page

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Originally Posted by apoorv_khurasia

You need antiviruses for safety of those MS comps which "might" be linked to the same network as you. If thats not the case, don't waste your disk space by keeoing an Anti-Virus.

I can also give another practical reason.

i dual boot linux and winXP. My Xp partition is for games and nothing else. I never go online with it. I do go online with linux and do a lot of p2p downloading, for both linux ands XP. the files for XP are placed on a FAT Partition and later retrived from xp.

If these files contain viruses, it can infect windows when i boot into windows. therefore i always scan new files before placing it on my FAT partition.

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