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Article #424Re: Anti-Virus Software - Any recommendations?
From: Jason Clifford
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 00:00
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On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Ed Lea wrote:
> I'd be very surprised if you find anything. I doubt anyone would take
> the time to write an ELF binary that scans through Windows/DOS data
> files and binaries to look for code that may be a virus. There's not
> even any point writing virus software for Linux...
Then you will be pleasantly surprised to learn that there have been ELF
binaries for scanning DOS/Windows data on Linux/UNIX systems available for
several years already.
All of the major anti-virus companies produce a Linux scanner and many are
now extending that to produce complete border protection systems (scanning
email/web/ftp) on Linux/UNIX gateway systems.
Jason Clifford http://www.definitelinux.com/
Definite Linux - The UK's leading distribution with crypto support
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