At 10:26 AM 14/05/2001, you wrote:
>Now if you do want a virus scanner Linux doesn't really have any to my
>knowledge. The products like what mcafee and a few others offer (check
>the amavis website) aren't linux virus scanners per se.
>
>They are virus scanners for windows viruses, macro viruses etc which run
>under linux. Which means they are useful to run on linux boxes which are
>email gateways so you can check email for viruses for your local LAN.
>Also they're useful for checking linux based fileshares.
Go to http://vil.nai.com/vil/ and do a search for Linux.
You will come up with 12 "viruses"
For instance, Ramen Worm:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=98975
I think it's a decent idea to add a virus scan to your daily cron job/
security check scripts. Gives you an extra little bit of protection that
will hopefully never be needed :-)
Cheers
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