Phil Bull
philbull@gmail.com
病毒一般无法感染您的 Linux 计算机，但会感染您的电子邮件收件人。
TeliuTe
teliute@163.com 2011, 2012

# 要为电子邮件扫描病毒吗？

病毒是一种程序，如果它们侵入您的计算机，则会导致问题的发生。它们侵入计算机的常见方式之一就是通过电子邮件消息。

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.