Virus scan

[Kevin Brown]

Michael Havens wrote:
> Hey all, I have a friend that is scared of using Linux because he doesn't have 
> a virus/worm scan protecting it. Does he need to worry?

In general right now, no.  I don't think Anti-virus software will help against 
worms.  Keeping the system up to date with patches and running root (and things 
as root) as little as possible should keep him fairly safe.  Also running a 
firewall (iptables or ipchains) on the box to only allow in certain traffic will 
help.