Actually, that isn't the case. Mcafee does in fact make a version of its
virus scanning software for linux--there are others that are listed at
http://www.amavis.org/
Michael
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Michael Viron
Senior Systems & Administration Consultant
Web Spinners, University of West Florida
At 12:13 PM 06/12/2001 +0000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
>There are no anti-virus programmes for GNU/Linux -- the main reason
>for this being the lack of virii for this OS. UNIX/Linux virii usually
>exploit security holes in software. In every case security fixes had
>been available long before the attacks. In other words, the few who
>were affected by virii suffered only because they had not kept their
>systems up-to-date with the latest packages. The best virus protection
>you can have is to keep you system up-to-date with the latest official
>Mandrake package releases. Software Manager is ideal for this.
>
>In the M$ world, things are different. M$ don't bother fixing the
>holes that virii exploit, instead delegating the job to virus scanning
>companies, who can merely scan for virii, not fix the holes.. This
>means you have to frequently scan your discs, and if something *does*
>get through the "protection" (no virus scanner is 100% accurate)
>you're seriously stuffed.
>
>You may see virus scanners available for GNU/Linux -- these are made
>to detect Windows viruses (which can't harm GNU/Linux at all). This
>can be useful if you have multiple OSs installed, or if you share a
>network with WIndos boxes.
>
>
>On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:07, Robert Basye3rd wrote:
>> Is it necessary to run a antivirus program on Linux Mandrake 8.0? If
>> so which one is the best and are there any free antivirus programs
>> out there?
>
>--
>Sridhar Dhanapalan.
> "There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
> LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
> -- Jeremy S. Anderson
>
