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Am 22.10.2011 13:29, schrieb Nilesh Govindarajan: |
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> On Sat 22 Oct 2011 04:57:33 PM IST, Mick wrote: |
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>> Hi All, |
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>> I'm asked for a desktop antivirus (the box is running KDE) but I have never |
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>> used an antivirus on Linux. This page that I googled up shows a number of |
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>> them: |
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>> http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-linux-antivirus-programs/ |
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>> Meanwhile, portage only lists clamav under app-antivirus/. |
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>> The machine in question is running kmail to receive/send messages from ISP |
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>> mail servers and ssmtp to send log messages for relaying via said ISP. |
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>> What have you tried and what would you recommend for such a desktop setup? |
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> IMHO, you don't need antivirus on a Linux box, unless you're going to |
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> run a mail relay, where you are responsible for saving recipents from |
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> viruses. |
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I agree. Check that your ISP performs virus checks. If not or if you |
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want to be extra sure, I think kmail can work with clamav -- at least it |
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could in the old 3.x days when I still used it. |
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> The simplest reason of all is, Linux doesn't know how to execute |
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> Windows binaries. |
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Well, this is an oversimplification. |
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1) Any box running Wine is possibly as exposed to your classic |
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pretty-women.exe mail attachments as any windows systems. |
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2) You should also be worried about Open/LibreOffice macro viruses as |
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well as PDF vulnerabilities. Not to forget Flash, Java or Mozilla based |
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exploits. |
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Still, keeping your system up-to-date and observing the freshly revived |
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GLSA notifications is more likely to save your butt than clamav. |
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Cheers, |
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Florian Philipp |