From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-01-smtplb.tampabay.rr.com ([65.32.5.131] helo=ms-smtp-01-eri0.tampabay.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AKqV7-0001gL-00 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:49:29 -0500 Received: from manta.diver.dwn (653244hfc242.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.44.242]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.tampabay.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id hAF2nNcD002061 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:49:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from keith by manta.diver.dwn with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AKqUu-0000Dh-00 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:49:16 -0500 Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:49:16 -0500 From: Keith Watson To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031115024916.GA773@smed.2y.net> References: <20031112224744.GN7683@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031112224744.GN7683@rednote.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i 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: Kwatson@smed.yi.org, "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 02:49:30 -0000 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