From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com>
To: <Kwatson@smed.yi.org>,
"'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'"
<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: RE: Linux-and-Virus Programs?
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:36:23 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <000001c3ab29$ab30b250$6401a8c0@quantum> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031115024916.GA773@smed.2y.net>
Thank you for that. I don't feel like I'm the only one now.
Take care,
Sina
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-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Keith Watson
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 9:49 PM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: Linux-and-Virus Programs?
Whoa Nellie! Bad advice. But I can see where the linux thought
process came in. It don't matter what user you run an executable
from under winblows, if it has a virus the whole system gets
infected. My philosophy is thus, delete all unknown files from
unknown sources. Better to be safe than sorry.
Keith
On 05:47 PM, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Why not just create a temp user and make that user the owner of this
> file? Log in as that user and try to unzip the .exe. Maybe it's
> something you want, and maybe it's junk. But you certainly won't trash
> any system files this way.
>
>
> Hart Larry writes:
> > From: Hart Larry <chime@cts.com>
> >
> > Hi All: Some of my linux experts have told me I don't need to have
> > any anti-virus programs. Reason I am asking is that I am sharing
> > files on Mutella in Linux. While I was looking for Christmas dance
> > music, I ended up with a file, which is an executeable. I don't
> > know its content, but I hope its music. I would feel much better if
> > I could scan it while in Linux before I run it from Jaws in win98.
> > Are their any suggestions or speech friendly Linux virus programs I
can run
> > with speakup?
> > Much earlier this year I had alot of trouble with backdoor viruses
in windows.
> > Thanks so much in advance
> > Hart
> >
> >
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> --
>
> Janina Sajka
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> Phone: (202) 408-8175
>
> Director, Technology Research and Development
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>
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Hart Larry
` Sina Bahram
` Janina Sajka
` Sina Bahram
` Gregory Nowak
` Sina Bahram
` Erik Heil
` Janina Sajka
` Sina Bahram
` Keith Watson
` Sina Bahram [this message]
` 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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