From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net ([203.16.214.181]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AL8OM-0001gv-00 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 16:55:43 -0500 Received: from tsunami.djstatik.net (ppp187-33.lns1.bne1.internode.on.net [150.101.187.33]) by smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAFLtcTn053291 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 08:25:38 +1030 (CST) Received: from NUKLEUZ (unknown [192.168.1.192]) by tsunami.djstatik.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 8F0869CE2 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 07:55:38 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <00ba01c3abc3$32212030$c001a8c0@NUKLEUZ> From: "Dj Statik" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20031112224744.GN7683@rednote.net><20031115024916.GA773@smed.2y.net> <20031115134236.GD8016@gmx.net> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 08:55:33 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Re: Linux-and-Virus Programs? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 21:55:43 -0000 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" To: ; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 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 > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Janina Sajka > > > Email: janina@rednote.net > > > Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > Director, Technology Research and Development > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > http://www.afb.org > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > > > Free Standards Group > > > http://accessibility.freestandards.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Keith Watson > > kwatson@smed.yi.org > > > > Among the major impediments to discovery are not the ignorant > > but those with illusions of knowledge. - B. Alan Wallace > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk? > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup