free.grisoft.com — Quote:"Grisoft expands its award-winning product line with AVG Free for Linux AVG Free for Linux is the first commercial-grade anti-virus product developed for free home use, providing maximum anti-virus protection for Linux computers. More ...- January 09, 2006 -"More info:http://free.grisoft.com/doc/4040/lng/us/tpl/v5
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listrophyJan 9, 2006
@NidStylesThat still doesn't prevent nuking ~. Also, there have been plenty of bugs in linux-running software... it's just that they haven't been exploited as much as Windows-related bugs.That being said, yes, as of now, Linux is inherently MUCH more secure from virii than windows. This could change in the future, if Linux adoption increases.
steven_Jan 9, 2006
"Do people who would want free virus software use Linux? It's been my understanding that most people who use Linux are computer experts who would choose to spend money and purchase an anti-virus program."I am a Secuirty Expert, and guess what? I do not use AV on my personal systems.
stimpackJan 10, 2006
Yeah they are good for not passing on things to your Windows buddies. Personally I dont run anti virus in linux, if I pass on some nasty to a Windows user its their job to sort their frickin joke OS out.
pingviiniJan 10, 2006
When my windows installation became more disfunctional, I downloaded f-secure for linux and mounted my windows partition. turned out that I had received a virus a long time ago through p2p, but when I ran the file in windows, it self-destructed. Not using windows is far easier.But as said above, both the fact that it was released for linux and that some people (gasp) use linux on a network with windows computers. These facts make this a great thing.
mikeroysoftJan 10, 2006
Fine and dandy, but is it Open Source?Also, who would profit most from writing *nix virus(es)?? Probably the same people who you would pay to protect you and your ever so precious data.Added to that, when a bug is found in linux that is serious enough to take down the whole system because some moron clicked the wrong e-mail attachment, i have no doubt that the FOSS community will VERY QUICKLY track down and eliminate the bug causing the exploit int he first place, thus making both virus and anti-virus programs quite useless in the long term.
spookymanJan 10, 2006
Im sorry, can someone tell me again why I need this? s**t, Linux is anti-virus software....
char_ieJan 10, 2006
You idiots!I hate that this place has turned into a playground.