Although in my experience Linux is much less susceptible to malware, it would be unfair to say that they are completely secure.  Even if a Linux machine isn’t infected it doesn’t mean it can’t be an unsuspecting virus delivery mechanism.  Although saying that a web server really shouldn’t be delivering any malware…

AVG is a widely recognised anti-malware vendor, especially in the Windows world, and we’ll be installing their Linux Antivirus on our server and then setting it for a scheduled run daily. Continue reading →