With the number of viruses encountered in today\'s world, some sort of virus detection mechanism is required. No matter how careful you are, it is possible to acquire a virus.
While it is true, that eCS (also meaning OS/2) is not vulnerable to any known virus, it is still possible that a virus, while attempting to operate, will crash a program, or the whole system. It is also not impossible, that a virus will, someday, actually work in eCS, although it is unlikely that it would do exactly what it was designed to do.
The other, main, reason to have an antivirus program, is to be sure that you do not, inadvertently, pass on a windows virus, to a windows user. They have enough problems, without eCS users adding to them, simply because they think they are very careful, and won\'t do that. Most viruses, today, act, quietly, in the background, and do not make themselves obvious, so it is very difficult to spot one, without help.
In the world of eCS, the options are rather limited. One of the most promising options, is ClamAV, which has been ported from it\'s native Linux base, so that it will run on eCS. Unfortunately, the main item that is missing, is a background scanner, that will monitor for viruses, as files are opened. That means, that a user really does need to be careful to scan incoming files, BEFORE they are used, or sent to someone else.
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