Dear Experts, I am newbie for LINUX O/S user and I would like to install LINUX anti virus. Is there any anti virus special designed for LINUX? ___________________________________________ Rasya.P Check out Auto Skinz Online Now and Save 30% on Select designs. Hiqh Quality digitally printed auto graphic kits for any vehicle. Many different designs and sizes to choose from. Made from easy to apply vinyl anybody can do it. http://www.autoskinzonline.com

Take a look at ClamAV. There is also F-Prot and AVG now has a linux version. ClamAV and F-Prot should be in your packages database (or manager). Avg requires compiling if I remember correctly.

Linux doesn't really need an antivirus. Just like any complicated OS, it can be suspect to viruses, but most of these vulnerabilities come from closed-source binary packages, for example, nvidia's xorg driver - http://kerneltrap.org/node/7228 Linux is extremely robust compared to the other popular OSes, and the other OSes are the targets, not Linux. At least for now, you have nothing to worry about. The only way an intruder can really get into your system is if they trick you to run code designed to harm your system. Another thing to keep in mind is that Linux is very different from many OSes. Many of the general guidelines taken to run other operating systems don't apply.

I think I should point out that if you are using Windows applications through Wine, you can be infected. [url]http://wearenixed.blogspot.com/2008/03/you-only-know-good-when-youve-seen-bad.html[/url] Congrats to Wine for emulating Windows so well ;)

[quote]The only way an intruder can really get into your system is if they trick you to run code designed to harm your system.[/quote] Wow. Being a Linux newbie, that seemingly offhand comment just blew my mind. Thank you. I feel reborn [img]http://www.caffreys.com.images/ani_pint.gif[/img] p.s. I know this message doesn't add anything to the general corpus of human experience. I'm just getting familiar with the message board while waiting for Kubuntu to download. p.p.s. Can anyone tell me where the name 'Ubuntu' and its derivatives come from? It clearly has some kind of African connotation.

From the Ubuntu website: "What does Ubuntu mean? Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'Humanity to others', or 'I am what I am because of who we all are'. The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world."

Actually there are lots of AV software out there for linux. Of course theyre not intended to protect the *NIX systems but the information thay may go thru a network with windows systems... Windows Virtual Machines can also get infected. NOD32 is a good option. ~ R

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You dont need an antivirus. Clam only detects if there is a virus so that you dont transfer them over to a Windows user. I open .exe files with impunity. You're not going to get a virus, spyware, wurm or trojan using Linux. In theory it is possible, but its just not going to happen.

wouldn't the V infect just Wine, not your user or the kernel, also, linux user vs. linux user, check this out: http://www.linux.com/forums/topic/1465