Thank you for that. I don't feel like I'm the only one now. Take care, Sina No trees were destroyed in sending this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Keith Watson Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 9:49 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: Linux-and-Virus Programs? Whoa Nellie! Bad advice. But I can see where the linux thought process came in. It don't matter what user you run an executable from under winblows, if it has a virus the whole system gets infected. My philosophy is thus, delete all unknown files from unknown sources. Better to be safe than sorry. Keith On 05:47 PM, Janina Sajka wrote: > Why not just create a temp user and make that user the owner of this > file? Log in as that user and try to unzip the .exe. Maybe it's > something you want, and maybe it's junk. But you certainly won't trash > any system files this way. > > > Hart Larry writes: > > From: Hart Larry <chime at cts.com> > > > > Hi All: Some of my linux experts have told me I don't need to have > > any anti-virus programs. Reason I am asking is that I am sharing > > files on Mutella in Linux. While I was looking for Christmas dance > > music, I ended up with a file, which is an executeable. I don't > > know its content, but I hope its music. I would feel much better if > > I could scan it while in Linux before I run it from Jaws in win98. > > Are their any suggestions or speech friendly Linux virus programs I can run > > with speakup? > > Much earlier this year I had alot of trouble with backdoor viruses in windows. > > Thanks so much in advance > > Hart > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka > Email: janina at rednote.net > Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Director, Technology Research and Development > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > http://www.afb.org > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > Free Standards Group > http://accessibility.freestandards.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Keith Watson kwatson at smed.yi.org Among the major impediments to discovery are not the ignorant but those with illusions of knowledge. - B. Alan Wallace _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
