RE: Virus scanning (was RE: Matchers & X Window)

2003-06-21 Thread Danny Angus
Noel, Yeah thats exactly the kind of thing, now I think of it. d. > I would check MIME type, file extension, and most importantly the > magic, to > make sure that they all match. Any failure to match would be suspect, > regardless of what the A/V program says. I think you misunderstood my > e

RE: Virus scanning (was RE: Matchers & X Window)

2003-06-21 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> > I would check MIME type, file extension, and most importantly the > > magic, to make sure that they all match. Any failure to match > > would be suspect, regardless of what the A/V program says. I > > think you misunderstood my earlier point. > In truth I must have done, I *still* wouldn't l

RE: Virus scanning (was RE: Matchers & X Window)

2003-06-22 Thread Vincenzo Gianferrari Pini
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: domenica 22 giugno 2003 1.01 > To: James Users List > Subject: RE: Virus scanning (was RE: Matchers & X Window) > > > > > I would check MIME type, file extension, and most importantly the > > > magic, to make sure that they all match. A

Re: Virus scanning (was RE: Matchers & X Window)

2003-06-22 Thread tobe
Noel J. Bergman wrote: I would check MIME type, file extension, and most importantly the magic, to make sure that they all match. Any failure to match would be suspect, regardless of what the A/V program says. I think you misunderstood my earlier point. In truth I must have done, I *st

RE: Virus scanning (was RE: Matchers & X Window)

2003-06-22 Thread Vincenzo Gianferrari Pini
tter of performance doing such work only once while scanning for viruses. Vincenzo > -Original Message- > From: Vincenzo Gianferrari Pini > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: domenica 22 giugno 2003 10.23 > To: James Users List > Subject: RE: Virus scanning (was RE: Matc

RE: Virus scanning (was RE: Matchers & X Window)

2003-06-22 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> Try telling a Mac-user (or a Unix-user) that he *must* put a > file-extension on the filename ;-) If there isn't an extension, then it doesn't need to match. :-) > As far as I know, only Windows and VMS require a file extension in the > filename. Actually, that's part of the problem. Althoug

RE: Virus scanning (was RE: Matchers & X Window)

2003-06-22 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> After reading your http://www.alaska.net/~royce/pub/solaris/MAGIC > link I see what it is all about. For those who don't understand, yet, this might help: http://www.halley.cc/ed/linux/newcomer/filename.html > is there any formal or informal organization that keeps a list > like that up to d