Re: Re: Sophos Anti Virus

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On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 07:12:49 -0400,
  Wm_Frank Pont jr <fpont@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have many programs which g++ has produced and I own.  These could
> be the target of a virus.  It would be easy for me to wipe all of my
> executables and re-make them but I just realized that unlike many
> LINUX folk, I am somewhat virus vulnerable ... maybe with quotes around
> the word.  Worms, Trojan horses, phishing ... are possible. We should
> not hide behind a Superiority complex until some strange anti social kid
> nails us.  We already have a lot of safeguards in place.  But it seems
> that we are a trusting community.

Antivirus is not the right solution. It doesn't really work since blacklists
can't be up to date or all inclusive. And they suck up a lot of resources.

The correct response is to avoid executing foreign code, and sandbox when
processing untrusted data and especially untrusted code.
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