Is recommended to install antivirus in Gentoo?

gentoolinux2006 · n00b Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 12

Do you recommend me to install antivirus in Gentoo? Why? My PC going to be much slower but more secure with antivirus?

What do you think?

Aries-Belgium · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:06 am Post subject:

For the 7 viruses that exist for Linux?

BlackEdder · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:46 am Post subject:

Only if you use it as a samba server to share files between windows machines

krolden · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:15 pm Post subject:

I usually install one. Set a cronjob and have it report to me by mail in case of a virus.

Naib · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:18 pm Post subject:

At the moment a virus scanner on linux is pretty much only to protect Windows
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Monkeh · Veteran Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 1656 Location: England

I haven't bothered with anti-virus yet, the only reason is to protect Windows clients.

Q-collective · Advocate Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 2071

Earthwings · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject:

Moved from Gentoo Chat to Duplicate Threads in favour of antivirus and spyware for linux?
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