Re: antivirus for linux

[Glenn_Valenta <gvalenta () hd net>]

On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 17:24, Bruno França dos Reis wrote:
> Hello guys
>
> I'm kinda new to linux, and getting more and more worried about security. I 
> was wondering: is it necessary for me to have an anti-virus application? 

There are not very many linux viruses in the wild. simply follow these
rules and you should be safe...

*turn off all unneeded services
*keep used packages updates
*Never run as root for daily use.

spend some spare time at http://www.tldp.org/

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