Re: Speaking of viruses

[Fritz Whittington <f.whittington@xxxxxxx>]

On or about 2003-12-29 06:10, WA9ALS - John whipped out a trusty #2 
pencil and scribbled:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Elton Woo" <elwoo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 10:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Speaking of viruses
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> > Bruce W. Bigby wrote:
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> > > On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 22:18, Elton Woo wrote:
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> > > > WA9ALS - John wrote:
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> > > > > Another naive question from a Linux newbie - Are you guys all running
> > > > > antivirus software on your Fedora box?  I've had some pretty
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> knowledgeable
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> > > > > Linux guys tell me it's unnecessary - Could that be correct?  I
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> understand
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> > > > Though linux is more secure than most Windows systems, I would STRONGLY
> > > > ADVISE, that you do not take the attitude that "it can't happen".
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> IMNSHO,
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> > > > besides a firewall, using at least one antivirus application is highly
> > > > advisable,
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> > > Now, where would a Linux newbie acquire such anti-virus software for
> > > Linux?  Inquiring minds want to know.  Do you actually run anti-virus
> > > software for Linux?  If so, what does this software actually do?
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > This newbie got H+BDEV's Antivirus (for LINUX) from:
> > http://www.hbedv.com/download/download.htm
> > and F-Prot (for LINUX) from:
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> http://www.f-prot.com/products/corporate_users/unix/linux/workstations.html.
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> > Both of which are free for personal use.
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> > ... if you don't know what antivirus software does, I guess I'm not
> > smart enough to explain that to you!
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> > cheers,
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> > Elton Woo ;-)
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> My understanding is that these programs detect WINDOWS viruses as received
> on a linux box.  If you don't have Windows, "What, Me Worry?"
> - John, feeling slightly less newbie
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If you read mail on the Linux box, you might get an infected email and 
forward it to someone who reads it on Windows.  So running f-prot (FREE 
for home Linux users) is perhaps keeping you from passing a virus on to 
someone else.  

But in *my* case, I have one Linux box and 4 Windows boxes.  The *free* 
f-prot scans all the SAMBA shares on the Windows boxes in the middle of 
the night run by cron.   And saves me $25 per Windows machine that I 
used to send to McAfee every year.   And scans all the incoming email 
for the WIndows users as well.  Such a deal. 

--
Fritz Whittington
Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt. (George Sewell)

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