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Re:Antivirus Companies Shouldn’t Have Hidden What They Knew ... by kodr on Monday December 08, 2014 @08:10AM (#8716211)
your linux could be used as a shared drive (samba), without executing stuff. It could be nice to scan files if they can be used on other OSes.

As for Windows being unsafe, sure, it's easier to propagate stuff since you have root access. But like I said, viruses on OSX do exist.

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Re:Antivirus Companies Shouldn’t Have Hidden What They Knew ... by toothbrush on Monday December 08, 2014 @08:12AM (#8716219)
I'm not sure i understand: do you mean i should scan my files, in case i share a file which would infect a Windows box? If so, i don't think i care. If you mean something else (i.e. somebody planting evil files on my "share"), please elaborate.

I also stated i do not run external-facing services. That applies to the Samba example, too (although i was fibbing: i allow keypair-only login via sshd).

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Re:Antivirus Companies Shouldn’t Have Hidden What They Knew ... by kodr on Monday December 08, 2014 @08:15AM (#8716229)
> in case i share a file which would infect a Windows box?

yes, that's what I meant.

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