From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cantata.rednote.net ([66.92.170.86]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AK3m7-0002ma-00 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:47:47 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id hACMljiM020712 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:47:46 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) id hACMljgQ020710 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:47:45 -0500 Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:47:44 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031112224744.GN7683@rednote.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i 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: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:47:47 -0000 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