From: "Chris Frederick" <cdf123 at cdf123.com>

> Rick Meyerhoff wrote: <snipped>
>
>
> just FYI, correct me if I'm wrong:
>
> The way I understand it there are very few Linux viruses (less than
> 100?, less than 1k? anyone know?) vs Windows Viruses (65135 acording to
> my Norton 2k3), and the main reason for antivirus on Linux was to stop
> windows viruses from spreading (by scanning emails on the server, or
> shared files via samba/ftp/http/etc...).  Try doing a search of your
> virus definitions on the product you eventually choose, and see how many
> Linux vs Win32 viri it's checking for, that should give you an idea of
> the threat level to the Linux box.
>

I run clam-antivirus, amavisd (0.1) and postfix on my Gentoo server it is
doing a wonderful job of blocking the offending email viruses as of late.

Tom Veldhouse


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