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…some Linux machines definitely need anti-virus software. Samba or NFS servers, for instance, may store documents in undocumented, vulnerable Microsoft formats, such as Word and Excel, that contain and propagate viruses. Linux mail servers should run AV software in order to neutralize viruses before they show up in the mailboxes of Outlook and Outlook Express users.[

Which is exactly what I said. ClamAV serves a very specific purpose and that’s this one.

There are still no viruses for Linux specifically designed to break in to Linux, because it’s not possible.

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Kangie@lemmy.srcfiles.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

There are still no viruses for Linux … because it’s not possible.

Here is just one example that proves your assertion wrong.

www.f-secure.com/v-descs/slapper.shtml

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- mathemachristian@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  So if I’m reading this correct the vulnerability was patched before the worm got programmed and it peaked at 2000 machines infected when it targeted apache servers running openssl, which back in 2002 was basically any encrypted website.
  
  Don’t know how an AV would have helped there.
  
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  - Kangie@lemmy.srcfiles.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Simply refuting the BS claim that there are no Linux viruses.
    
    This one existed, therefore the claim is false.
    
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    mathemachristian@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    The claim was within the context of AV software, not a general one.
    
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- nexusband@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  Apache and OpenSSL must be enabled and OpenSSL version must be 0.96d or older.
  
  Right. Completely proven wrong.
  
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peter@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Mirai and other botnets, coin miners, ransomware… Do you think that malware makers just decided to ignore the billions of Linux servers and IoT devices that exist?

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- Zeth0s@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I agree with you, but, it is also true that the overwhelming majority of ransomware affect windows statista.com/…/major-operating-systems-targeted-b…
  
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  - peter@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    True, but the largest botnet in the world runs purely on Linux devices
    
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    Zeth0s@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It targets router firmwares though… These bot farms do not usually target real gnu/Linux os, because it is easier and more effective to attack router firmwares that are not well configured by producers and telcoms, and are practically never upgraded.
    
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