On Thursday 20 August 2015 20:39:39 Miles Fidelman wrote: > doug wrote: > > On 08/20/2015 01:58 PM, Dwijesh Gajadur wrote: > >> 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? > >> Thank you in advance. > >> > >> With Kind Regards, > >> Dwijesh > > > > I use clamav. I don't remember ever seeing it find an actual virus! > > Use freshclam (from a root terminal) > > to upgrade it every so often. > > We run a list server. Clamav and spamassassin find viruses and spam all > the time.
On your listserver, not your desktop. For emails destined for Another OS, virus checking is a good idea, and neighbourly. For your own desktop, don't bother. But as already advised, don't run as root. Lisi
