Anti-Virus again... F-PROT anyone? Why I need one

[Moltke]

My question is, has anyone used the (Free, Home User) Linux version of F-Prot on LL, and was it a good experience? It requires Perl 5.8 - is that already installed, or does that pose any problems?

There's no "free, home user" Linux version of F-Prot but a 30 days trial http://www.f-prot.com/download/trial/ and the Linux one is a tar.gz package, meaning that you have to build it yourself which process might be a difficult or an easy one, you never know until you know. Also, it seems to be only for workstations and servers, I don't really know whether there's a difference or it that means it's not fit for desktop pcs but it is what it is. Also and quite disturbing; last updated January, 2013?? On Thursday it'll be 7 years ago!!

 

FWIW, I've never used an AV in Linux; they serve no purpose and are nothing but a waste of resources, no sir, those days are wayyy behind me along with Windows and I've never ever faced a virus/malware scenario under Linux like I used to in Windows. And I do banking stuff and never had a problem ... just saying.