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    Nod32 Linux Beta

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Jayayess1190, Jan 18, 2010.

  1. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    Link. Found on Wilders.
     
    Jayayess1190, Jan 18, 2010
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  2. 1ceBlu3

    1ceBlu3 Notebook Deity

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    nice link.thanks for sharing.
    you can already use avast and avira as well.
     
    1ceBlu3, Jan 18, 2010
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  3. helikaon

    helikaon Notebook Consultant

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    Just Q:
    Anyone here experienced computer virus on his linux box? (not me).
    I cant imagine, i download some file, change permit rights to 'x' and run it :-D.
    Other thing is, if your linux is hacked, but virus as we know it from windows, i can't imagine.
    As for me, i'd use antivirus only in the case i wanted to protect some other users with windows.
     
    helikaon, Jan 19, 2010
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  4. 1ceBlu3

    1ceBlu3 Notebook Deity

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    nope..never.
     
    1ceBlu3, Jan 20, 2010
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  5. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    No, me either...I run one once in a while to see if can come up with spyware, but so far nothing at all.
     
    theZoid, Jan 20, 2010
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  6. NumLock

    NumLock Notebook Evangelist

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    Can it be used to detect and delete windows viruses?....... like a plug an infected usb hdd to the linux box running ntfs and have it cleaned....
     
    NumLock, Jan 21, 2010
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  7. geekygirl

    geekygirl Notebook Consultant

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    I think the only real reason you would even bother with AV on Linux is if you were running files back and forth from your Linux machine to a Windows machine and didn't want to infect the Windows machine....(then again...bwahahaha)

    remembering of course you would have needed to allow the 'virus' (are there any Linux kernel virii out there?!) to install itself in the first place...

    Something like a rootkit is not as likely to be picked up by this even if you were silly enough to let one access your core system ;)
     
    geekygirl, Jan 21, 2010
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  8. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you are running an Linux based email server you need a virus scanner to scan the attachments for (windows) viruses. That is about the only reason why you would need one of these.
     
    wave, Jan 21, 2010
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  9. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    Yes....I've planted a keygen in my home directory because they usually set off alarms....and Bitdefender picked it out....
     
    theZoid, Jan 21, 2010
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