On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 08:46, ac via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:

On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 07:24:03 -0500 Don Tai <dontai.canada@gmail.com> wrote:

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Do you really need AV on linux? Last time i tried to hack any linux system with hacker software such as Metasploit I found Linux extremely robust, with very few vulnerabilities and exploits, all of which I could not get to work. I don't trust MS at all, and would not trust them enough to install this AV. Am I too suspicious? Don

Nope, imho you are not suspicious enough... and pe on Linux is very real, normal users do hectic things, like open attachments from their email accounts, they visit websites allowing java and do all sorts of things some of us would not even think of doing. So, they probably do need some sort of AV, as exploiting their user accounts can probably be done by one of my children (having to actually say children instead of "kids" is crazy by itself...//k1Ddi3S) I am not a gambling person but I would bet dollars to doughnuts that their AV is not going to be fully open source and free. That said, I am a paranoid person - what I lack in gambling addiction I fully make up for in paranoia. So, yeah, no. Not suspicious enough, imnsho :)

The expression "bet dollars to donuts" is meant to indicate "I would bet something expensive against something inexpensive," or "I am very sure of the outcome." One slight problem: some time in the past couple years, the value of donuts exceeded that of the dollar (and I'm going by Canada's most ubiquitous and cheapest donut chain, Tim Hortons). Just saying: that expression needs to die. (Yes, I'm being an ass. But it's also kind of funny.) -- Giles https://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr@gmail.com