On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 01:36, lorne wrote: > On Saturday 13 September 2003 08:26 am, lorne wrote: > > On Friday 12 September 2003 10:39 pm, Brian Parish wrote: > > > On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 12:05, lorne wrote: > > > > On Friday 12 September 2003 01:11 pm, Nigel Wilkinson wrote: > > > > > Been useing it for about 4 years. I actually used the avmailgate with > > > > > postfix as a filter. I don't really worry about getting a Linux virus > > > > > but I don't want to pass anything on to anyone and also my wife used > > > > > a windows box. I have a cron job that updates the virus definition > > > > > once a week. My wife's box also runs the personal version of the > > > > > windows antivir that scans ecerything. So far (touch wood) nothings > > > > > got through. At present I have 10 mails in quarantine waiting to be > > > > > deleted, all received since 6 September. God knows how anyone > > > > > survives on a windows box without an antivirus program, but I know > > > > > quite a few. > > > > > > > > This tool look pretty cool. I started tinkering with it last night. It > > > > seems they were pretty serious about recompiling the kernel. I did it > > > > as a module. It seems to work. I don't have any viruses to test to see > > > > if it really works, but what is the thoughts out there? > > > > > > > > > Nigel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:05:55 -0400 > > > > > > > > > > Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Today I stumbled across anti-virus software from H+BEDV > > > > > > (a German company) for Linux. It's free for personal use, > > > > > > and was wondering if anyone here had used it, and if so > > > > > > what you think about it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Miark > > > > > > > > > > > > PS You can sign up for a free license at > > > > > > http://www.hbedv.com/private/ > > > > > > You can use the eicar test files to test the virus scanner without > > > actually transmitting a real virus. Just google for it. > > > > Well even though the product acts like it is working, and is loaded (I > > thought) it isn't detecting anything. :( > > > I just found if I manuallyl run the program it detected the file I downloaded. > One of the 3. I had thought it ran like a daemon and would pop up a message. > ??
Hmmm. I would want it to detect all versions before putting any faith in it. From memory, one version is just the file with the fake virus signature, one is the same file zipped, and the last is the zip file zipped again. It would be a serious failing if a virus scanner couldn't detect a virus within a zipped file. Not that I really care, because W$ + internet is not contemplated even by my 8 year old in this household! cheers Brian
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