su, 12-01-2003 kello 21:26, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder kirjoitti: > On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 19:51, Tomasz Cichecki wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Jord Swart wrote: > > > > > All, > > > > > > I know the the amount of virusses on Linux is close to zero, nevertheless > > > I > > > was wondering if you guys know of a GPL-ed virusscan for Linux? I know > > > McAfee > > > has one for Unices available, but I would rather not use it. > > > > > > Second question to it: do you actually use one? > > > > > > > Linux is meant to be attack-proof, > > Hmm. While I agree with you, that separating user accounts and > administration accounts saves the *system*, I don't think that Linux is > any more attack-proof than any windows system as far as a users data is > concerned (and, after all, this is what the user cares about).
Actually, it is, since there are fewer I don't know of any current ones. > > At the moment, the main difference is that windows is far more > widespread, and the average Linux/Unix user probably knows more about > his system than the average Windows user. So, as a virus author, I would > chose the system where I can gain the most publicity... > > So, if Linux ever spreads really far, I guess Linux viruses will also > appear. > > (NOTE: I speak of 'virus' here in the modern call-all-malware-a-virus > fasion. I doubt viruses in the classical sense will ever again be > important - it's all about trojans and worms now). > > cheers > -- vbi > > -- > featured link: http://fortytwo.ch/smtp
