Do You Really Need Anti-virus on Your Linux Desktop?

[V.T. Eric Layton]

An interesting article written by someone you may know...

 

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2015/01/13/really-need-antivirus-software-linux-desktops/

[securitybreach]

Currently no you do not unless you are serving files to window's clients..

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Read the article, anyway. It's informative.

[securitybreach]

I am

[sunrat]

Well worth reading although no surprises.

If you have time, read the linked report on Operation Windigo (or skim it at least, lots over my head). Particularly fascinating are the methods used to evade detection and analysis. Kudos to ESET for managing to find out so much about it despite that.

If only the malware operators would use their knowledge for good rather than evil!

 

On a totally unrelated off-topic point, it often amuses me the images used to illustrate 133t h4x0r/ techie articles. This one looks like a screen from apt-cache search.

[securitybreach]

On a totally unrelated off-topic point, it often amuses me the images used to illustrate 133t h4x0r/ techie articles. This one looks like a screen from apt-cache search.

 

Well its better than showing "hackers" wearing ski-masks and typing with snow gloves on.

[wa4chq]

A good article. Thanks. A quote from someone commenting on it:

Linux has been in decline since 2008, when it missed its chance to go up against Vista.

Is linux really on a decline? I haven't looked into it, but in my circle I hear more Windows people talking about Mint or Ubuntu.....

Only college students and masochists have the time and inclination to deal with Linux.

I feels like a gangsta....

[Dr. J]

I keep ClamAV up to date, and scan downloaded files if I'm going to be putting them anywhere other than my home directory. If nothing more it keeps me from getting too paranoid.

 

On a totally unrelated off-topic point, it often amuses me the images used to illustrate 133t h4x0r/ techie articles. This one looks like a screen from apt-cache search.

 

Well its better than showing "hackers" wearing ski-masks and typing with snow gloves on.

 

I came across an article in one of the online Irish newspapers a while ago with a picture of the Matrix on a MacBook Pro...

[securitybreach]

Linux usage is on the rise as always. Heck, OSX only has 1% higher usage than Linux does: https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0

 

I came across an article in one of the online Irish newspapers a while ago with a picture of the Matrix on a MacBook Pro...

 

Nice