> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Lars Hansson > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 4:15 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] Clean Viruses? > > > On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 05:05, Mark wrote: > > > Sorry but this answer if complete b***s***. > Sorry, but you're wrong. > > > So what should my friend do? > > Should he delete the file and all copies? > Obviously yes. > Yes. That is the most secure thing to do!
> > And then? He has to reinstall the OS couse ClamAV wa snot able to > > clean it. > ClamAV wasnt designed to clean viruses. What part of that is > it you have a problem understanding? If cleaning is so > goddamn important to you how about contributing some code for it? > > > What's if the file is very importend? > Tough luck, maybe he should have thought of making backups earlier. I agree! If the user is such an idiot that he lives without a backup he might as well be a Windows user! The windows av has a cleaning function which in my mind is not needed. Because persons who think will not get infected by any virus. And should it happen then one would think the person would have a backup. If not. The person should not be allowed to use a computer! > > > If ClamAV will not be able to clean the system/file in the next > > versions it's completly senseless for the mass. > Maybe it's not a mass-market product in the first place. > > > If I've to buy Kaspersky for *NIX I dosn't need ClamAV and if I've > > Kaspersky I will send new viruses to Kaspersky and NOT to > clamAV couse > > Kaspersky found mostly ways to clean a file. > How'd you know? Because Kaspersky says so? > > > For me personly it's senseless to send parts of my archive > to ClamAV > > when ClamAV is not be able to clean the file. > I dont think extortion is the right way to get something > done. Btw, noone cares if you use clamav or not. > > > > Yes I do! And I would spend my complete Archive if ClamAV > is able to > > clean anything... > Sorry, that's not how Open Source works. > > > But so I wanna trade (only) with the developers and I think > it's fair. > You do realize that what you trade with the developers will > be available to everyone, no? > > > Old school virus-coding rocks couse the old "school boys" > (which codes > > for C64, Apple2 and so on) are coding without a > > mass-destruction-instruction into the virus/worm ... > Only idiots writes viruses. > Indeed! /Martin
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