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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.

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