Tim: >> The thing is, that anti-virus is always after-the-fact. The damage >> has been done, Fernando Cassia: > Huh? No. Most modern anti-virus apps (even for Linux) include > "on-access" scanning so that the file is identified as infected (by > signature, heuristics, whatever) BEFORE being loaded. 1. Asshat creates a virus and releases it 2. People get infected 3. Anti-virus programmers develop detection/remedies -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org