On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 19:24:49 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:58:50 +0400 > Dwijesh Gajadur <dwije...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Dwijesh, > > >Hello guys. I wanted to know if antivirus is required for Debian or for > >linux in general. And if it is required, what are the recommended > >antivirus for Debian? > > The viruses that run on linux (any distro) are few and far between.
To the extent that they don't exist. So the frequency of them is not an issue. > Existing almost entirely as "proof of concept". > > As Renaud points out, if you run a mailserver, then you would be well > advised to run AV software. That software will be looking for Windows > malware though, not linux. I run a mail server on Debian. All mail is handled by it. I do not run AV software, Where am I going wrong? I refuse to take your advice to install AV software simply because I have a mail server. I am not "well advised".
