From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'"
<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: RE: Linux-and-Virus Programs?
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:31:14 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <000001c3a975$11ccad40$6401a8c0@quantum> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031112231425.GA8881@romuald.net.eu.org>
Thanks, I'm familiar with that. however, I was refering to executable
files and not self extracting executables, which is most likely what he
has downloaded. It is almost certainly a virus anyways.
Take care,
Sina
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-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Gregory Nowak
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 6:14 PM
To: sbahram@nc.rr.com; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: Linux-and-Virus Programs?
Actually, if you have a self-extracting zip file, which would be an
executable, you can run that file through the unzip program in
gnu/linux, and it will unzip the contents of the exe for you.
Greg
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 05:58:56PM -0500, Sina Bahram wrote:
> Janina how can one unzip a .exe file?
>
> Also, viruses can do massive damage on temporary user accounts. I
> don't believe this would be a wise course of action to pursue. I
> believe you might be thinking about this advice on a Linux box, but
> certainly not on Windows.
>
> Take care,
> Sina
>
> No trees were destroyed in sending this message. However, a large
> number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
>
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` Janina Sajka
` Sina Bahram
` Gregory Nowak
` Sina Bahram [this message]
` Erik Heil
` Janina Sajka
` Sina Bahram
` Keith Watson
` Sina Bahram
` Alex Snow
` Shaun Oliver
` Dj Statik
` Alex Snow
` Toby Fisher
` Shaun Oliver
` recompilation crashed Darragh
` Erik Heil
` Darragh
` Linux-and-Virus Programs? Kenny Hitt
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