Good Use for ClamAV

2010-04-07 Thread Freeman
I'll always be slowly catching up on comp tech. I was using Knoppix and ClamAV to remove a virus for a friend when the futility of it all hit me. The free anti-virus hopscotch game that windows users play to feel safe. What wasted energy--over an OS I boot into maybe 7% of the time. They

Re: Good Use for ClamAV

2010-04-07 Thread Jari Fredriksson
On 7.4.2010 10:51, Freeman wrote: I'll always be slowly catching up on comp tech. I was using Knoppix and ClamAV to remove a virus for a friend when the futility of it all hit me. The free anti-virus hopscotch game that windows users play to feel safe. What wasted energy--over an OS I

Re: Good Use for ClamAV

2010-04-07 Thread Monsieur Louk
2010/4/7 Jari Fredriksson ja...@iki.fi On 7.4.2010 10:51, Freeman wrote: I'll always be slowly catching up on comp tech. I was using Knoppix and ClamAV to remove a virus for a friend when the futility of it all hit me. The free anti-virus hopscotch game that windows users play to

Re: Good Use for ClamAV

2010-04-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-04-07 02:51, Freeman wrote: I'll always be slowly catching up on comp tech. I was using Knoppix and ClamAV to remove a virus for a friend when the futility of it all hit me. The free anti-virus hopscotch game that windows users play to feel safe. http://xkcd.com/463/

Re: Good Use for ClamAV

2010-04-07 Thread godo
Freeman wrote: I'll always be slowly catching up on comp tech. I was using Knoppix and ClamAV to remove a virus for a friend when the futility of it all hit me. The free anti-virus hopscotch game that windows users play to feel safe. What wasted energy--over an OS I boot into maybe 7% of the

Re: Good Use for ClamAV

2010-04-07 Thread Freeman
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 02:53:01PM +0200, Monsieur Louk wrote: 2010/4/7 Jari Fredriksson ja...@iki.fi ,,, And my Linux is a server for my Windows workstation. Without Windows, I would not bother scanning viruses. -- http://www.iki.fi/jarif/ You learn to write as if to someone