[newbie] Virus Protection
Is there a virus protection software package for Linux? Where can I get it if there is??? Thanks in advance Glen
Re: [newbie] Virus Protection
Glen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a virus protection software package for Linux? Where can I get it if there is??? Thanks in advance Glen If you log in as a user, you don't really have to worry about a virus, because all you root files are not accessable under a user login. If you surf the net as root (which is insane) you might on the off chance come across something that might be dangerous. Linux is not windblow$. Linux is much more secure because you can see what you are installing and the file system is setup in such a way that you would have to come across a very malicious virus to do any damage. Not to mention you can kill any app that is running. Plus most virus programs are written for Windoze. Hmmm ... You could probably search for something and actually find some anti-viral software out there, but as yet, it's quite pointless. good Luck. SA -- Do you do Linux? :) Get your FREE @linuxstart.com email address at: http://www.linuxstart.com
Re: [newbie] Virus Protection
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, you wrote: Glen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a virus protection software package for Linux? Where can I get it if there is??? Thanks in advance Glen If you log in as a user, you don't really have to worry about a virus, because all you root files are not accessable under a user login. If you surf the net as root (which is insane) you might on the off chance come across something that might be dangerous. Linux is not windblow$. Linux is much more secure because you can see what you are installing and the file system is setup in such a way that you would have to come across a very malicious virus to do any damage. Not to mention you can kill any app that is running. Plus most virus programs are written for Windoze. Hmmm ... You could probably search for something and actually find some anti-viral software out there, but as yet, it's quite pointless. good Luck. SA You can get a Macafee anti virus program running only 200$, or you can get a freeware from tucows, wich does just as much, if not better then macafee. John
Re: [newbie] Virus Protection
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, you wrote: Is there a virus protection software package for Linux? Where can I get it if there is??? Don't surf the 'Net as Root and you have little to worry about. :-) There is very little that can be done to your Linux box unless you run a hostile app as root (or SU.) Most Linux Anti-viral packages are for checking stuff so that Windows clients which connect to the Linux box and download files aren't infected by any of the files. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Virus Protection
"John" == John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: John On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, you wrote: Is there a virus protection software package for Linux? Where can I get it if there is??? John Don't surf the 'Net as Root and you have little to worry John about. :-) There is very little that can be done to your John Linux box unless you run a hostile app as root (or SU.) [snip] Question: if I have my checking account information accessed by cbb (Check Book Balancer http://cbb.sourceforge.net), all my data files live in ~/.cbb, and are owned by mike.mike, permissions 100600. If I received a virus, and I was running as "mike", and the virus was running as "mike", would not the virus be able to delete or change the cbb data files? -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.75 and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.14-7mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Dec 17 Feria "Truth is sacred; and if you tell the truth too often nobody will believe it." - [G.K. Chesterton, in ILN, 2/24/06]
Re: [newbie] Virus Protection
On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Mike Fieschko wrote: "John" == John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: John On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, you wrote: Is there a virus protection software package for Linux? Where can I get it if there is??? John Don't surf the 'Net as Root and you have little to worry John about. :-) There is very little that can be done to your John Linux box unless you run a hostile app as root (or SU.) [snip] Question: if I have my checking account information accessed by cbb (Check Book Balancer http://cbb.sourceforge.net), all my data files live in ~/.cbb, and are owned by mike.mike, permissions 100600. If I received a virus, and I was running as "mike", and the virus was running as "mike", would not the virus be able to delete or change the cbb data files? Right, but if you have a specific login you use for cbb and nothing else, and follow strict rules on when to root and when not to. Your data is a lot safer than it would be if you didn't. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] Virus Protection
"Axalon" == Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] If I received a virus, and I was running as "mike", and the virus was running as "mike", would not the virus be able to delete or change the cbb data files? Axalon Right, but if you have a specific login you use for cbb Axalon and nothing else, and follow strict rules on when to root [snip] An _excellent_ idea, which I have just implemented. -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.75 and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.14-7mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Dec 17 Feria "We hear much about new religions; many of them based on the very latest novelties of Buddha and Pythagoras." [G.K. Chesterton, in The Thing: Why I Am a Catholic]
