Well, I went to the clamav website and it was as Carlos said. If it protects email, is it used in a server that ultimately comes to my email. And as my wife uses Windows XP and I am connected to her via wireless, do I need to be using this antivirus program? Have a good day!
John On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 13:36 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > The Monday 2008-01-21 at 07:18 -0500, John B Pace wrote: > > > I was trying to get AVG anti virus installed and try it on Suse as I was > > That would be a binary. You have to read their instructions, then. > > > This brings up another question. Does Suse have > > some sort of security other than firewalls? > > Yes... > > > I haven't seen any great > > importance on anti virus/spyware programs. > > Because they are not needed :-P > > Yes, there are antivirus, but they are mostly used to detect windows > viruses that get transmitted on email, in order to protect the windows > machines served email by the linux one. Another use is to clean/protect > samba shares: again, to protect the windows machines from themselves. > > In the DVD, there is "antivir" (Avira GmbH), closed source. There is > another one, open source, "clamav". > > - -- > Cheers, > Carlos E. R. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHlJHJtTMYHG2NR9URAsBvAJ0dT33TQ16fWoCp2nO3pQ/DxjFq8ACgg69F > NviaJvEdEsuVDXJ72H+CISA= > =LIkD > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
