Re: ant-virus do i need one

From: John Doe (fluffy_at_fed.up.of.spam.so.i.made.this.up)
Date: 02/03/04

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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:48:58 +0000 (UTC)

In article <39cv10p3835p0q2217vflivkdcovh1046n@4ax.com>, boby wrote:
> I am new to linux and my question is do I need a ant-virus program, if
> which one would be best and ware to find one.

A virus for linux would need to escalate it's privaleges for it to
execute any kind of serious payload; so no , you don't need one.

Fluffy

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