-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 15 April 2003 01:31 pm, Mike Vanecek wrote: > On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 15:56:05 -0400, Elton Woo wrote > > > On April 13, 2003 03:23 pm, J Sloan wrote: > > > Linux is the antivirus application - installing > > > Linux has stopped virii completely for me. > > > > > > ;-) > > > > I have firewall, and I run linux only. However, I *do* share > > files with others who do NOT use linux. > > I was hoping for something other than a smug reply. > > > > (I guess you have not heard of _ANY_ linux virii or worms, eh?). > > When it comes to security, I prefer to be "overcautious", as > > with any other aspect of safety. > > I keep my system current with respect to updates. I use chkrootkit to > look for any Linux worms that may have gotten in. About the only > reason to have a virus checker on Linux would be to scan email. I > have not yet done that, but may in the future. Sharing files with > others from a Linux machine ... not sure what that might have to do > with a virus checker. I suspect, however, that once the script > kiddies start thinking about the macro capabilities of evolution and > open office that we might start to see more of a need. > > Unless you are doing Samba or need it for email, using a virus > checker on Linux is not going to accomplish much, IMHO. If you have a need for e-mail virus scanning, check out MailScanner and F-Prot. F-Prot is free for personal home use. Mike W - -- Registered Linux - 256979 NRA Life ARS: WØTMW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+nWzM5fq6h2uDDlQRAtLHAKCpxcEt6+CqE+3p19gV2wv/CK/UWACgvf/v VJo7VRd9oPDIrfP7G8YlVHw= =JnCg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by F-Prot and MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
