+++ H.S.Rai [linux-india] <15/03/02 14:05 +0530>:
> Is it common for linux user to use some antivirus program
If you want to scan files on a mailserver before they reach your user's
mailboxes, or scan files which are there on an nfs / ftp server, then yeah,
there are lots of antivirus progs available for unix.
F-Prot is free on linux in fact - the same old "virus scanner so small it
fits on a single floppy" written by Fridrik Skulason, and so damn popular
back when 286 PCs (or even XTs) were ultra-modern.
> just like for window user, who make it sure to have one or
> two antivirus programs (may be pirated) on their machines.
Only thing is, said windows users don't often bother to run regular virus
definition updates. Which makes the whole exercise rather pointless.
Besides which, I've seen that cracks for some programs tend to have trojans
buried in them ... so it is not safe or sensible to use them at all.
--srs
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LOST #136 -**< Sub : Optimising updatedb database >**-
Updatedb creates a database of all installed files and saves
usually to /usr/local/var/locatedb. Certain entries waste time
and space. Rename and make a symlink, or make a script with:
#updatedb --prunepaths="/var /tmp /mnt /cdrom /floppy /proc"
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