On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 15:11:09 -0500, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Brian (a...@cityscape.co.uk): > > 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". > > I'm getting confused. You posted earlier: > > -------- > > On Thu 20 Aug 2015 at 14:08:44 -0400, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:58:50 +0400 > > Dwijesh Gajadur <dwije...@gmail.com> 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? > > > > The only time you may want an anti-virus is when you are running a > > mail server, so you can avoid spreading infected mails. > > ... to OSs which are susceptible to such viruses. It's a good neighbour > policy. > > -------- > > Could you clarify for me what you mean. Should you or shouldn't you > run AV software when running a mail server?
If your users are on Debian I cannot see why you should do.
