[H-GEN] Anti-Virus software for linux

[Joel Michael]

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On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 00:46, hphillips at 4ward.com.au wrote:
> I just came across this site -> http://www.avp.ru/products.html?tgroup=4&pgroup=11 amongst the text on that page is 'new viruses _for_ Linux appear every day'.
> 
> Are there any viruses for linux? If so how many? Surely they don't appear every day!
> 
somewhere around 20, mostly worms.  See
http://vil.nai.com/VIL/alphar.asp?SearchType=2&char=linux for a list. 
Compare and contrast
http://vil.nai.com/VIL/alphar.asp?SearchType=2&char=w32 :-)

I'd agree that they don't appear every day, however they do occasionally
pop up.  They COULD appear every day, if a virus-making kit was
developed for Linux.
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