Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-20 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 03:36:47PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: I used to think that as well. Apparently most distributions are not secure *out of the box*. It takes more work/skill to secure Linux than it does to secure Windows XP. Hence there are probably more secure XP installations out

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-20 Thread Karl Magdsick
It takes more work/skill to secure Linux than it does to secure Windows XP. Hence there are probably more secure XP installations out there than Linux boxes. Secure has different definitions in *nix and MS Windows. For instance, Microsoft does not consider local exploits to be real security

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-20 Thread Don Hayward
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Karl Magdsick wrote: Also, if you find a way to turn off the administrative SMB/CIFS share(s) under XP without disabling SMB/CIFS all together, please let me know. It was possible under Win2k, but now the administrative share(s) are better hidden and (as far as I can tell)

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 07:35:21PM -0500, Mike Dobbs wrote: Nothing is impossible! Yes linux as a non-root user is very secure especially today, but you should still have an idea of what you are running. That's why debian repositories are great, gpg signed, and maintained by good people.

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-18 Thread Michele Concina
mmh..i'm not lazy, i was just thinking that was useless to install a virus scanner and other stuff on my debian : ) So, what do u suggest to me to secure my os? there is a quick guide somewhere that explains some basic steps to do? thank you! michele -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-18 Thread Paulo Marcondes
So, what do u suggest to me to secure my os? there is a quick guide somewhere that explains some basic steps to do? See the Securing Debian Manual, on www.debian.org/doc

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-18 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 01:58:53AM +0200, Michele Concina wrote: mmh..just a stupid question..do i need a virus scanner? r there virus for linux? i thought that was impossible to be infected coze how can a virus install itself if i use my os not as root? I'm just a newbie so i don't know so

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-18 Thread Michele Concina
Paulo Marcondes ha scritto: So, what do u suggest to me to secure my os? there is a quick guide somewhere that explains some basic steps to do? See the Securing Debian Manual, on www.debian.org/doc yè i already knew about that..i was hoping in something less that 233 pages : )

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-17 Thread Frederik Schueler
Hello, On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 07:11:58PM +0200, Thierry wrote: I am looking for an free virus scanner running under 64 bits OS Any idea ? clamav. You might want to use the volatile version, though: http://volatile.debian.net/mirrors.html Best regards Frederik Schueler -- ENOSIG

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-17 Thread Michele Concina
Frederik Schueler ha scritto: Hello, On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 07:11:58PM +0200, Thierry wrote: I am looking for an free virus scanner running under 64 bits OS Any idea ? clamav. You might want to use the volatile version, though: http://volatile.debian.net/mirrors.html Best regards

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-17 Thread Mike Dobbs
Nothing is impossible! Yes linux as a non-root user is very secure especially today, but you should still have an idea of what you are running. That's why debian repositories are great, gpg signed, and maintained by good people. I think there are some virus scanner that run on linux, but don't

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-17 Thread loos
The anti-virus is for Windows machines, you run the anti-virus on the Linux mail-server, http-proxy etc. in order to protect your users which mostly use Windows on their PCs Linux is leader in the server segment, where windows should never have penetrated. Michel. Em Seg, 2005-10-17 às 19:35

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-17 Thread Jim Crilly
On 10/18/05 01:58:53AM +0200, Michele Concina wrote: mmh..just a stupid question..do i need a virus scanner? r there virus for linux? i thought that was impossible to be infected coze how can a virus install itself if i use my os not as root? I'm just a newbie so i don't know so much about

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-17 Thread Karl Magdsick
Don't get lazy just because you're running *nix. If your unprileged user account got infected, it could still wipe out or corrupt all of that user's data, and/or infect any binaries or source code writeable by that user. Your command shell initialization/customization scripts are executed at

Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-16 Thread Thierry
Hi, I am looking for an free virus scanner running under 64 bits OS Any idea ? Thx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]