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2010-11-12 , 16:58
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Originally Posted by shallimus View Post
Fail. While I don't run a firewall or antivirus on my N900, it is totally wrong to assume or claim that Linux is immune to the stuff which causes you to need antivirus and (particularly) a firewall.
Ok I'll rephrase.

Firewall could be advantageous but I've not seen one for the N900.

Antivirus is avaliable for linux systems for a reason obviously, but I'm assuming (and therefore may be wrong) but aren't most viruses/malware compiled for x86? We therefore, do not need to worry so much.