On Friday, May 20, 2011 12:29:23 PM John Aldrich wrote: > On Fri May 20 2011, Andrew Jamison wrote: > > I always install ClamAV which is free from the repositories, that may > > work for now. When viruses become a bigger threat on Linux (not to > > far-fetched to say it could happen) then you may see commercial > > programmers offering Linux versions of their clients. > > You can already by commercial antivirus for Linux. Kaspersky offers a Linux > version, as does AVG and Symantec. How well those work is anyone's guess. I > don't have any info on whether or how well they work, simply advising that > they already exist. > > Now, I agree that it's not too far-fetched to expect to see a linux virus > "in the wild." Apple is now reportedly advising users to get some sort of > antivirus for the Mac, and since Apple's O/S is based on BSD, it doesn't > seem like a huge stretch to imagine that a Linux virus could be developed. > > I would like to see more "workstation" antiviruses be developed for linux. > Most of the antivirus products I've seen for linux have been for servers.
There have been Linux viruses in the past. Please see URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
