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Zebee Johnstone wrote:

> In aus.computers.linux on Thu, 07 Jan 1999 14:14:47 +1100
> David Robinson <drobinso@nrg.com.au> wrote:
> >Does anyone know/use any virus scanners for Linux?? or BSD?
> >
> >I use a BSD firewall & Linux proxy, I want to scan all mail & if
> >possible HTTP/FTP throught either the bsd firewall or Linux proxy..
>
> That's 2 different questions :)
>
> While a virus is possible in Unix,  (someone has written one) it's
> not common, not like the DOS world.  So you don't need a scanner
> for your unix systems, they won't be attacked.
>

This means that nasty people who write viruses actually don't understand C.
Hmmm, now what demographic would that imply.

>
> If you want one to protect DOS boxes you have inside your firewall,
> that's different.
>
> What attacks do you think you might get?  The only web based ones
> will be Java or Active X.  java is supposed to be protected so that
> such things can't work.  Active X shouldn't be running on your
> systems if they are connected to the outside world as it isn't safe.
>
> I don't know of any automatic mail scanner that's free that works on
> a unix mailhost and scans mail before it's downloaded.  That's cos
> the only people who need such a thing are working on DOS boxes.  They
> tend to be corporate types, meaning they pay....  Check www.datafellows.com
> for an example.
>
> If you need to protect DOS boxes, then get a scanner that runs on the
> machine to be protected.
>
> Zebee