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Re: [OM] OT: High Tech Life

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: High Tech Life
From: David Thatcher <plusphoto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 01:01:44 +1030
On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 07:08:43PM -0700, Chris Trask wrote:
>      Seems my wonderful virus-free Linux machine has a code in it's
> node.  And it appears that my two preferred antivirus vendors, AVG and
> Avast, no longer have a Linux .deb version, nor does anyone else seem to
> have a free version.  Yet another Linux promise broken.  So it's true: 
> You do in fact get what you pay for.

If there is no use/market for an antivirus system, why bother to develop
and offer the product? Generally there is no use for an antivirus in a
UNIX or Linux (or even Apple) environment. However, behind these systems
might lie windows systems that might be affected, so most of the
enterprise vendors still sell a solution for integration into your
UNIX/Linux mail and web proxy systems.

Anti-SPAM is another thing altogether (chorus: "anti-spam is another
thing...") :)   For freeware, CLamAV is available. 

davidt


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