Anti Virus for Linux???

[Panther505]

I ran in to someone that I know that runs some fairly tight Linux boxes. Offhand he mentioned antivirus software that runs on Linux? Any comments? Also anyone have any good Linux Admin sites?


Thanks

 

[Nothinman]

All the AntiViruses for Linux scan for Windows viruses, only really usefull if you run a file or mail server for a bunch of windows clients you don't install any antivirus on.

 

[chrisbest01]

honestly i don't think anyone will going to waste time on writing a virus targeting linux. less than 1% use linux, it won't deal enough damage to the community as a whole.

and i believe computer professional don't use antivirus software anyway, since they believe they out smart the virus. so i assume anyone running linux as their primary os know enough about networking and security

 

[Nothinman]

honestly i don't think anyone will going to waste time on writing a virus targeting linux. less than 1% use linux, it won't deal enough damage to the community as a whole.

I'd like to see where you got those statistics, I find them very amusing.

Anyway people have written a few worms for Linux attacking a few exploits in bind, lpd and a some other things but they had little to no effect because the admins of the Linux boxes know how to patch their boxes correctly.

and i believe computer professional don't use antivirus software anyway

If you're a computer professional running Windows and you don't run an antivirus you're an idiot.

 

[n0cmonkey]

ramen, l10n, and countless trojans are meant for linux. Despite what Microsoft tells you, BIND is still THE standard in DNS. And it is insecure crap. 😛