On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 11:37 -0700, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > > Given that you say so yourself, the logical question is "why do you > need > > Clamav"? Clamav is usually installed by people running mail servers > for > > users who access them from Windows. > Where is the proof that an AV is not needed for Linux sans w-dozs, > regardless of the pathways to infection? You want proof of a negative? Dream on. Proof of security does not exist anywhere in the real world. I've mentioned my own anecdotal evidence (that in over 3 decades of use I have never seen a single Linux virus). It's my belief that this is the experience of the overwhelming majority of Linux users. Given that I answered a question from a Linux novice, I gave the best advice I could based on my experience, and I stand by it. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
