Phil Bull
philbull@gmail.com
È improbabile che i virus possano infettare il proprio computer, ma potrebbero infettare i computer delle persone alle quali si inviano messaggi di posta elettronica.
Luca Ferretti
lferrett@gnome.org 2011, 2012
Flavia Weisghizzi
flavia.weisghizzi@ubuntu.com 2011, 2012

# È necessario eseguire un controllo dei virus sulle email?

I virus sono programmi che causano problemi se riescono a insediarsi nel computer. Una modo comune per far si che i virus infettino un computer è attraverso i messaggi di posta elettronica.

Viruses that can affect computers running Linux are quite rare, so you are unlikely to get a virus through email or otherwise. If you receive an email with a virus hidden in it, it will probably have no effect on your computer. As such, you probably don’t need to scan your email for viruses.

You may, however, wish to scan your email for viruses in case you happen to forward a virus from one person to another. For example, if one of your friends has a Windows computer with a virus and sends you a virus-infected email, and you then forward that email to another friend with a Windows computer, then the second friend might get the virus too. You could install an anti-virus application to scan your emails to prevent this, but it’s unlikely to happen and most people using Windows and Mac OS have anti-virus software of their own anyway.