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| Thread ID: 69412 | 2006-05-31 11:36:00 | Which anti-virus do you use? | MTLance (6768) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 459506 | 2006-06-01 10:41:00 | None - I have been using Linux since 1998 and have occasionally installed an AV program just to check up - no infections ever found. | johnd (85) | ||
| 459507 | 2006-06-01 10:44:00 | Don't use anti-virus software. :) | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 459508 | 2006-06-01 10:44:00 | yes, I know ... it won't be like this forever :dogeye: Maybe not - but with about 35% of all servers and about 70% of web servers running Linux why has there been no virus threat to date? Wouldn't it be more fun to bring a heap of servers down rather than some home PCs? Just maybe the architecture of Linux is better than the other OS? |
johnd (85) | ||
| 459509 | 2006-06-01 10:49:00 | Have people seen the up and coming Open Source AV called ClamAV (http://www.clamav.net/)? Made primarily for Linux for integration with mail servers, etc (for catching MS Windows viruses). There is a version for Windows. | johnd (85) | ||
| 459510 | 2006-06-01 11:13:00 | Just maybe the architecture of Linux is better than the other OS?That would be one of the reasons why it would be difficult to run a virus on a Linux system. It would also take some deliberate action from the user to run any process and the fact the far majority of Linux users use non-root (non-Admin) accounts for their everyday use. SELinux also helps. :) | Jen (38) | ||
| 459511 | 2006-06-01 11:24:00 | Never expected Linux is that cool. Does many programmes in the world make for Linux? Like Need for Speed games and etc. | MTLance (6768) | ||
| 459512 | 2006-06-01 11:35:00 | Never expected Linux is that cool. Does many programmes in the world make for Linux? Like Need for Speed games and etc. There are plenty of programs written for the Linux OS (see www.linux.org). I am not into games so I cannot comment on that. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 459513 | 2006-06-01 11:40:00 | Since more people using Norton than McAfee I might go back to Norton next year. I've been using Norton for ages ever since with my Win95 computer.As someone who did work experience for a local computer shop.... All new systems were sold with Nortons (like a lot of computer shops do; hence the popularity of it... its not popular by word-of-mouth). We also saw a lot of Nortons machines with viruses. These had to have Nortons uninstalled, install another AV, then (in some cases because the customer wanted to keep it) reinstall Nortons onto there newly cleaned system. Quite a few customers however didnt want it reinstalled so we gave them AVG as an intermediary stand-in (till they decided what they wanted). Some games run successfully on Linux (Quake 3, UT2K4) using Cedega or WINE (unsure if this is distro specific but I know they run well in Gentoo) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 459514 | 2006-06-01 11:52:00 | Maybe not - but with about 35% of all servers and about 70% of web servers running Linux why has there been no virus threat to date? Wouldn't it be more fun to bring a heap of servers down rather than some home PCs? Just maybe the architecture of Linux is better than the other OS? A lot of viruses rely on tricking the user. Also, corporate servers are more likely to be behind a dedicated firewall, with only the ports that are absolutely necessary left open. As for games on linux - I think quake 3 & all the UT games run natively under linux. There are quite a few that work under the windows emulation program, but I've never bothered with that because it can be a real pain getting them working. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 459515 | 2006-06-01 23:58:00 | Also, corporate servers are more likely to be behind a dedicated firewall, with only the ports that are absolutely necessary left open. True - but there are also heaps of people playing around with Linux and Apache not necessarily with a decent firewall in place. They tend to get hacked but viruses are not an issue. |
johnd (85) | ||
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