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From: David Robinson
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 00:00

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Michael Strates wrote:

> 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?).
>
>

Since Mcaffee has been taken over all I see on their web site is NT stuff..
The ony program that will do the job well is Interscan which only runs on
Solaris/HP/NT. Looks like I'll have to put another box in the loop..

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