A lot of companies, mine included strip attachments at the mail gateway, that way new viruses will not get through, assuming you've blocked that type off attachment. This helps prevent the -our vendor doesn't have definitions for that yet or their ftp server is unreachable.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Cox [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 6:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Linux and Viruses > > On Gwe, 2003-04-04 at 02:17, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > And besides: a virus scanner is a lousy solution to the problem. Have > > you noticed that you have to keep it up-to-date to make it efficient? > > Why not keep your system patched instead? (this can be automated just as > > well. Easily). > > There is a more fundamental reason why a virus scanner is only an aid > not a solution. Its possible to write a virus which spreads faster than > the virus updates can, brings down the networks it uses (so you can't > update) and destroys all your hardware. Trickier I suspect on S/390 but > rather easy on PC systems. Just think about a version of slammer that > also erased your bios and your disk firmware... > > Alan
