Thanks, Chad. I gathered this after reading a few comments passed my way. As a technician for others, I can't take the high road. I pretty much new the answer before asking the question, but was really curious as to how many were using any kind of anti-viral protection, and for what reasons. With a Samba server being my next need (to replace my NT 4.0 Server), I am concerned about harboring someone else's problem, let alone one I downloaded on my own. Passing it on would harm my business, for sure.
Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad" Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 12:25 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux forwarding Windows viruses Must you incorporate it: No Should you incorporate it? Depends on your moral obligation. Some people take the high road and say, "They are running Windows. They deserve what they get. Virus's and all." Some take the low road. "Some of my friends still run Windows & I don't want to pass on an infection to them." Your results may vary. My personal experience is that I do not have any anti-virus on my Linux workstation. Most of the forwarded messages I get are text. I have a VMware installation of Windows 98 & 2K, running Norton A/V to test messages that are questionable. I've found that common sense is usually the best defense against virial infection. Chad Vogelsong -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Miark Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 3:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux forwarding Windows viruses "Paul M. Bucalo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith: > My original question than stands as this: Must I incorporate anti-virus > software on my Linux machine(s) to protect my Windows clients from ever > mistakenly getting a virus from me? It would seem that the answer is going > to have to be "yes", for their sake, not mine. Do you concur, Chad? What > about the rest of you? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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