Yes and no. I have watched other vids that he has made in the past addressing security concerns over Linux and exchanged correspondence with him. I think his overall evaluation is that while Linux is not bulletproof( what is?) it is certainly the best in the field. I think I could safely summarize his view as this: the normal, daily desktop user of Linux does not need to run anti virus protection. Perhaps if you run a server of do other things then you need anti virus. But then again that is his( and my opinion) and each user should do what he/she thinks is best.
Best Regards, David Yentzen https://launchpad.net/~dbyentzen On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:08 PM, John Hupp <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, though his conclusion is that the Hand of Thief Trojan threat > is blown way out of proportion, he speaks as if Linux is already subject to > many threats that are much more serious than the Hand of Thief. > > In other words, he seems to contradict the comforting analysis given here: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Linuxvirus (on account of which I, and > probably many other 'buntu users, are not running resident anti-virus > protection). > > If he's right, we should not be reassured but alarmed (though not by the > Hand of Thief at the moment). > > > On 9/6/2013 2:38 PM, David Yentzen wrote: > > You may want to check out this youtube video about the "Hand of Thief > Trojan". This vlogger(Quidsup) seems to have his head wrapped around it > pretty good. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7PhF-7qEA > > Best Regards, > David Yentzen > https://launchpad.net/~dbyentzen > > > On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 1:26 PM, John Hupp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I understand that with a standard Ubuntu/Lubuntu installation not running >> Wine, it is believed that there are no active threats that would >> responsibly require resident anti-virus protection. >> >> That may still be true today, but perhaps it won't be for too much >> longer. See the last 3 paragraphs of this article: >> >> >> http://www.crn.com/news/security/240160712/security-firms-warn-of-potential-banking-trojan-attacks.htm?cid=nl_sec >> >> -- >> Lubuntu-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >> > > >
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