nsive scanner for a freebie... much better
then the network associates vscan I was using before,,, (admitadly an old
version).
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From: mike [mailto:mike]On Behalf Of mike
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 8:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Antivirus software
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Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 4:50 AM
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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 antivir
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 s
This just proves the point I made earlier. If you look below you shall
notice I said:
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
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/
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 v
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=3&pgroup=9
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