Defragmentation and antivirus

[Piru]

Can anyone recommend a *reliable* defragmenter for OS3.0 FFS Partitions <1GB in size (With lots of % free room on each partition) ?

ReOrg

Also, does anyone feel that it would still be a good idea to use a antivirus program for their amiga today? Any recommendations for the most-up-to date antivirus software (If any)?

It can't hurt. I'd recommend VirusZ + the latest xvs.library

Btw, Can WB be hacked into via the internet in the same way as PC's?

As Workbench itself doesn't connect to the internet at all, no. The most obvious attack vectors are the applications connecting to internet (browsers, email, irc apps). One potential exploit is described here.

Should I be as worried connecting a unprotected Amiga running WB (And probably AWeb) to the internet as a unprotected PC with IE?

In practice, no.

Amigas are maybe 0.00001% of the systems on net. People don't bother writing malware for these systems anymore.

[Piru]

@amigakit

One possible exploit in 3.9 is that it has an AREXX interface and some Amiga browsers support AREXX.

And how exactly can you use AREXX remotely thru the browser?

[Piru]

Even without a virus checker, as long as you dont open dodgy email attachements or download dodgey things from the internet then you should never get a Virus

...and as long as you keep your system updated with the latest security updates.

Today viruses manage to abuse the security issues in various programs. For example without security updates, just viewing the message in Outlook is enough to infect the system.

In a similar fashion, various MUI based email apps were vulnerable to APIPE attacks. Just viewing the message was often enough to trigger the payload. These bugs/holes have been fixed since, but if you use old vulnerable application you could (in theory) be in danger.

Personally I perfer multiple levels of protection:
- Firewall
- Antivirus
- Tight security settings
- Paranoid set of mind

If one or two should fail, then the remaining ones will catch the nastygram.