The short life and hard times of a Linux virus (2005)

This article fails to point that Linux system are usually attacked by malware and rootkits, not by old-fashioned binary-file-modifying viruses.<p>For a recent account, see:<p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/04/exclusive-ongoing-malware-attack-targeting-apache-hijacks-20000-sites/" rel="nofollow">http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/04/exclusive-ongoing-ma...</a>

Given the quantity of information like this out there, do people bother with running anti-virus on Linux servers?<p>It feels like something that you'd do just to err on the safe side.

June 10, 2000 (Updated: July 30, 2005)