RE: [newbie] Antivirus software

2002-08-04 Thread franki
PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 4:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Antivirus software On Saturday 03 Aug 2002 12:47 am, you wrote: On Friday 02 August 2002 12:56 pm, you wrote: From time to time people have asked about antivirus, and I would

RE: [newbie] Antivirus software

2002-08-04 Thread frankie
,,, (admitadly an old version). -Original Message- From: mike [mailto:mike]On Behalf Of mike Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 8:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Antivirus software franki wrote: trend made a filescan product for linux and its been free for ages.. it has caught

[newbie] Antivirus software

2002-08-02 Thread Anne Wilson
From time to time people have asked about antivirus, and I would like to offer the following as my experience that may be relevant. In Windows I have used Kaspersky, first as a stand-alone, then, with help from their tech support, set up in such a way that I downloaded the regular updates and

Re: [newbie] Antivirus software

2002-08-02 Thread et
On Friday 02 August 2002 12:56 pm, you wrote: From time to time people have asked about antivirus, and I would like to offer the following as my experience that may be relevant. In Windows I have used Kaspersky, first as a stand-alone, then, with help from their tech support, set up in such

Re: [newbie] Antivirus software on Linux?

2001-06-11 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
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

Re: [newbie] Antivirus software on Linux?

2001-06-11 Thread Michael D. Viron
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 -- Michael Viron Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 12:13 PM

Re: [newbie] Antivirus software on Linux?

2001-06-11 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
This just proves the point I made earlier. If you look below you shall notice I said: quote 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

Re: [newbie] Antivirus software on Linux?

2001-06-11 Thread Yura Gusev
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, 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? It's a good idea to setup antivir on mailserver. Try http://avp.ru/products.asp?tgroup=3pgroup=9 --

[newbie] Antivirus software on Linux?

2001-06-11 Thread Robert Basye3rd
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? Robert J Basye 3rd - [EMAIL PROTECTED]