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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot Gentoo to clean windows

Dale

2008-03-27

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Florian Philipp wrote:
>
> This is getting OT but I still want to ask:
> Is it really necessary to run an anti-virus on linux? I just want to
> hear some opinions on that topic because I thought security fixes for
> your software are the way to go for fighting virae on linux.
>  

I have not ran a anti-virus here for years and no problems so far. I
don't think Linux has this problem except for the rootkit thing. It
seems Linux is just pretty much immune to this sort of thing.

Dale

:-) :-)
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