On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 21:32, Eric S. Dye wrote: > Dear List, > > I received two viruses (both sobig) from the newbie list......from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would suggest getting a > good antivirus program. I am using a combination of Norton, Trend > Micro, AVG and Benign. AVG can be gotten for free, though I use the > registered version. Benign is a wonderful program that just came out > that neutralizes any suspicious mail. It can be secured from > www.firetrust.com. There is a 15 day trial on it and then you have to > buy the program. McAfee has a good program. I am using XP at the > moment, but also have Lindows installed. I have the Mandrake 9.0 as > well, but it is not installed at the moment. Having gotten a number of > viruses from the Newbie list, I am surprised because I thought Linux > was pretty much impervious to viruses. I don't know which of the above > programs can be used with Linux. > > Eric S. Dye, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 7.0.167 / Virus Database: 259.11.7 - Release Date: 9/1/2003
I your using Linux, the Sobig virus won't bother you. It's a Windows virus only. -- Brian Craft Yahoo Instant Messenger ID: bcraft67 AIM: linuxman67 Website: http://userdata.acd.net/javaman67/ Linux......the OS of Choice!
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