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As Roger has endlessly pointed out: Very few …
March 4, 2008 | By: | 85 Comments
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Comment posted Does Ubuntu Linux Really Need Antivirus Software? by Preacher.
As Roger has endlessly pointed out: Very few of the already few Linux AV choices offer real-time protection. Their main purpose is to detect Windows threats.
Coding a Linux virus has to rely on a bug/exploit that rest assured that a security update will address in no time BEFORE you have the virus signature for your AV.
If you have very little OS knowledge you will know that even if your account is compromised you can use another to repair it if needed or easly recreate it in the worst case scenario (no OS is infallible). If a threat is well written enough that you have to recreate your account, then the chance of a AV to detect it is very little.
I've been using Linux for over 5 years and I know there have never been a threat on my systems in that time. I am one of those users that enjoyed of a divinely pure Windows box and taking those security and good practices to the Linux world ended up in a huge improvement of a yet healthy system.
The best of security suites can't beat the lack of common sense ladies and gentlemen...
