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Re: Anti-malware for my personal Debian workstation?

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On Sun, Feb 23, 2020, 17:28 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

> >> > defense in depth / layered defense... would you recommend having a
> Linux
> >> > anti-malware?
> >> No.  All those only try to recognize known threats.  When a threat is
> >> known, the security hole it exploits is also known, and the fix for it
> >> already exists as well, so updating your distribution to the latest
> >> security fixes is a better solution since it doesn't just protect you
> >> from those known threats but it also protects you from unknown threats
> >> using the same security holes.
> > That's not true.
>
> Which part?
>
> > Sophos has ai learning and threat analysis mitigation tactics built in.
>
> In which way does it make my statement false?
>
> And more importantly, are there known cases where it detected an attack
> before the corresponding security hole had been found?  How common are
> those cases, compared to the added risk (and performance and resource
> cost) of running that software?
>
>
>         Stefan
>
You want to debate the validity of running av on any system these days is
ridiculous and not a conversation I want to be part of.

>
>

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