From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pc-24-151-10-129.newt1.ct.charter.com ([24.151.10.129] helo=h14me.homelinux.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AL0hC-0000ko-00 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:42:38 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAFDgbd6008048; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:42:37 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hAFDganV008047; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:42:36 -0500 Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:42:36 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: Kwatson@smed.yi.org, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031115134236.GD8016@gmx.net> References: <20031112224744.GN7683@rednote.net> <20031115024916.GA773@smed.2y.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031115024916.GA773@smed.2y.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Cc: 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 13:42:38 -0000 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?