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Originally Posted by
daydreamer
Is a virus scanner needed at all?
I don't run one. I'm not sure but I think many viruses nowadays are either Windows executables (.COM, .BAT, .EXE) or scripts (.JS/.VBS). A typical Unix-based environment does not directly support execution of these (though you may be able to do so with selected emulators say Wine or specific libraries). Of course, still, you should be careful with opening downloaded files. Say with mounted Windows shares you may still be spreading viruses to other Windows systems even if they don't harm yours.