On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 07:48, Tony Earnshaw wrote: > ons, 14.04.2004 kl. 05.14 skrev Gerald Pine: > > > I'm using 1.4.5 with SuSE 9.0 and using spambayes to scan for viruses. > > As another poster pointed out, there haven't been any viruses affecting > > linux, but i exchange files with windows users, and i don't want to be > > blamed for infecting their machines. Spambayes works fine if you load > > virtually all the Python files. Get the program from > > spambayes.sourceforge.net. If you are using an earlier version of > > Python than 2.3, you also need to install the email 2.5.4 package. The > > instructions are pretty good, and the only complication is that you need > > to train the program to recognize spam. Save a batch of old emails to > > do that. > > What does Spambayes have to do with virus?
I can't speak to spambayes, as I don't use it, but I /do/ use POPFile, which is another Bayesian filter. Actually, if you run a few virus-containing e-mails through a Bayesian filter, it can learn to recognize virus-containing messages after awhile, just as it learns to recognize spam. It will then "quarantine" the message, preventing any attachments from running, even in non-secure environments like <cough> MS Outlook with preview pane enabled. It's certainly not a method I would solely rely upon with respect to isolating viruses, but it /can/ be an added wall of defense in conjunction with a good AV program and safe computing practices. Far from perfect, and not 100% reliable, but an extra aide, nonetheless. -- Chuck Mattsen / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / RLU #346519 Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Cooker) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-4mdk 10:08:50 up 11 min, 0 users, load average: 0.49, 0.47, 0.24 Success is a journey, not a destination. _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
