Hi Michael! On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 06:42:41 -0000, Michael Weaver wrote: > If I were to purchase a PC running only Linux, should I still have > anti-virus software as I have heard that you don't get as many Virus attacks > under Linux? Yes, its right that there aren't many viruses for linux till now. But depending on the services running on your linux-pc scanning for viruses makes sence. I get very ofthen emailworms for example so I decided to filter my mails for viruses, allthough the worms aren't dangeros on my linux-pc. Also I have ofthen to send files that I got via mail to other people. Maybe one of this files contains a virus..., if I don't scan this files I could distribute a virus allthough I work under linux. > If so which software is easy to install with speech and easy to operate for > example when updating the Virus definitions? I made good experiences with antivir and f-prot, both scanners work on linuxsystems: http://www.antivir.com http://www.complex.is Especialy antivir has a good autoupdating-function. A good interface to scan incomming and outgoing emails is amavis, it works with sendmail and postfix and f-prot or antivir can be used as virusscanners: http://amavis.org Ciao, Schoeppi -- Christian Schoepplein | Beste Rockband der Welt: http://www.lily-rockt.de mail@schoeppi.net | Linux fuer Blinde: http://www.blinux.suse.de