Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 22nd Oct 2006 22:56 UTC
"The talk lately has centred about Vista's security APIs, but Linux certainly needs improvements in this area, because AV vendors still rely on an external kernel module to implement 'real time' file scanning." The Inq also reviews AVG antivirus for Linux, and concludes it is a must-have
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2005-11-11
//there ARE pieces of malware Linux AV can detect and get rid of. //
AFAIK there are none for which the original vulnerability has no patch.
If one is on the net and therefore exposed to viruses, one can also apply security patches and become unexposed. AFAIK in nearly every case the security patch is available in the same order of time as the virus definition is.