From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-03-lbl.southeast.rr.com ([24.25.9.102] helo=ms-smtp-03-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AK4SI-0003QK-00 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:31:22 -0500 Received: from quantum (rdu74-168-227.nc.rr.com [24.74.168.227]) by ms-smtp-03-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id hACNVE6G028493 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:31:18 -0500 (EST) From: "Sina Bahram" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:31:14 -0500 Organization: HOME Message-ID: <000001c3a975$11ccad40$6401a8c0@quantum> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 In-reply-to: <20031112231425.GA8881@romuald.net.eu.org> X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: RE: Linux-and-Virus Programs? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: sbahram@nc.rr.com, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:31:23 -0000 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 No trees were destroyed in sending this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -----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. > -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup