Re: [Sheflug] Viruses and worms etc.

["Chris J" <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And Lo! The Great Prophet " Steve Tickle" uttered these words of wisdom...
>
> Now I know that trojans and worms exist for Linux and I'm not stupid
> enough  to think that they're not an issue. However, given the appropriate
>  "conventional" security procedures being put into place, am I right in
> thinking that NAV and the like are a waste of money... or is it still a
> good idea to invest in them?
>

Depends on how much of a risk you see them as :) Without making use of
security holes, or bad administration, viruses[1] can't destroy a machine,
causing damage only to the user/group(s) it is running as.

Servers, especially fileservers running Samba or similar, may be better
proctected if the AV product scans for all viruses, and not just Linux ones.
Not sure if its worth it for desktops, as a native AV product sitting on the
local machine can scan a machine faster than one sitting on a desktop
pulling files from the server to check for viruses.

Chris...
[1] and in this and subsequent uses, read as "viruses, trojans, worms et al".

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