Re: Linux-and-Virus Programs?

["Dj Statik" <djstatik@djstatik.net>]

Yeah, clamav seems to pick up most of the popular windows viruses.

Am currently using amavisd-new in combination with clamav for virus
filtering and spamassassin for spam filtering.

If you haven't checked it out yet, ask freshmeat about amavisd-new, it's
deffinatly worth a look.

Later

>From Mitchell


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@gmx.net>
To: <Kwatson@smed.yi.org>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: Linux-and-Virus Programs?


> I was thinking of installing clam antivirus on my box to run it kind
> of like an smtp proxy for my winblows users. anyone used this program
> before?
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 09:49:16PM -0500, Keith Watson wrote:
> > 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
> > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
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