Aloha, We use F-prot antivirus and it claims to check for 98 Unix/Linux virii/trojans.
www.frisk.is On 17 Aug 2002 at 16:13, MonMotha wrote: > Dan George wrote: > > I need a good virus scanner like Innoculate for Linux. Any suggestions. > > I just got hammered with a virus and had to wipe out all my data on my > > laptop > > before I tried to send any emails to anyone. I noticed this when I was > > unable to send emails to my intented clients and instead they were going > > to a folder which I guess someone created a user account on disguised as > > a MPLUG member. I didnt check everyone on the list, which was my > > mistake, and > > assumed it could have been someone on the list I didnt know. The email > > was disquised as a newbie needing hardware compliant PDA for 7.3. > > > > Dan > > > I have yet to see a virus scanner for Linux that checks for Linux > viruses. Most of the scanners are for mail gateways an proxies to check > inbound things for Windows (and sometimes Mac) viruses. However, I > think Norton may make one (I think it's able to detect a whole two viruses). > > The reason? Linux basically has no viruses. There have been a couple > "proof of concept" things, but they're usually never seen in the wild, > outside of Norton or whoever (insert conspiracy theory here). > > The reason for this is that, unless you're being an idiot (or you're > running Lindows, don't get me started), you don't go cruising around as > root all the time. Under Win9x and NT, people normally go cruising > around with sufficient privilages to infect system binaries and cause > major damage. Under Linux, only root (and often the user bin, which > isn't able to log in) has the privilages needed to accomplish that. So, > should a user run an infected executable under Linux, it can only infect > the binaries that are owned by the user. These are few and far between. > > --MonMotha > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau Wayne Bow Network Administrator St Francis School (808) 988.4111 ext 107 "Quality Catholic Education in a Spirit of Joy"