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I use Gentoo Linux and do not have any antivirus software. There doesn't really seem to be any for Linux systems. If someone knows of one please recommend it so
by Ellipsis753 13y ago
I use Gentoo Linux and do not have any antivirus software. There doesn't really seem to be any for Linux systems.
If someone knows of one please recommend it so I can take a look.
Then again, there's fairly few viruses targeted at Linux systems and I'm sure even fewer I'd be likely to get on my Gentoo system.
- bediger4000 13y agoeven fewer I'd be likely to get on my Gentoo system I think you've just pointed out exactly why even though Linux viruses exist, they don't get a foothold (go "epidemic"). There's huge software diversity. I run Arch, you run Gentoo, others run Debian... The same goes for any given piece of software that's regularly infected in the Windows culture: email clients, web servers, web browsers. So, why was the Dan Geer "against monoculture" thing suppressed so enthusiastically a few years ago?
- latortuga 13y agoThe only one I've heard of is http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/ http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/ I installed it once on a mailserver due to the guide I was using recommending it but I do not use it on any systems I use day-to-day.