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 1ALAHX-0003rk-00 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:56:47 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAFNuid6026805 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:56:44 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hAFNuhMK026804 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:56:43 -0500 Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:56:43 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031115235643.GC26741@gmx.net> References: <20031115134236.GD8016@gmx.net> <00ba01c3abc3$32212030$c001a8c0@NUKLEUZ> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00ba01c3abc3$32212030$c001a8c0@NUKLEUZ> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i 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 23:56:47 -0000 Yeah I'll take a look at it. I really need virus protection for mail on the winblows boxes. I'm sick of hearing "my computer has a virus. waaaaaaaa!" On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 08:55:33AM +1100, Dj Statik wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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?