Virus software? do I need it?

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson
<mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
> Jeffrey Engle wrote:
>> Is virus software a must have? I'm trying Fedora 9, used Mac OS X for
>> years without it. What say you? Jeff
>>
> I hope you mean anti-virus software. If you use Samba serve files to
> Windows machines, then an anti-virus program to scan the Windows
> shares can be handy. There are several free ones.
>
> For Linux, something like Check Root Kit software is probably a good
> idea.
>
> Mikkel
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Could the sum of these responses be added to the wiki in a visible
area? My account seems to be inactive.


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