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From: Michael Strates
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 00:00

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On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, David Robinson wrote:

DR> Does anyone know/use any virus scanners for Linux?? or BSD?

There's only a few UNIX/Linux viruses, and 99.99% of them are trojans
which can only work if run as root. If you're looking to scan for
DOS/Windog(tm) viruses, then get something like McAffee for UNIX (do they
still make this?).

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