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Re:Less experienced and technical users should use
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 27, 2007 10:49 PMOnly by the fact that Linux anti-virus exist people should question. If it was safe, no one would build a Linux anti-virus
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I don't know.. I can think of a few reasons to use AV on *nix
- shared storage server providing space to Windows clients
- mail server providing smtp/pop to Windows clients
- emailing attachements to friends who use Windows exclusively
- sharing documents with friends who use Windows exclusively
There's a common thread in those points but like it or not, the majority of the world does not follow the Unix tradition.
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