On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 04:41:02PM +1300, Matthew Sherborne wrote: > Are there any gpl or similar anti-virus programs for linux ? >
If you mean filters that can scan incoming email and search for Windows or maybe Mac viruses, then yes, they exist, but I don't know of any released under the GPL. McAfee and other anti-virus companies make server side scanners that run on Unix (and Linux). They're both commercial and very expensive. If you mean anti-virus stuff to actually scan for Linux viruses, then no, I don't think any exist at all, GPL or otherwise. There has never been enough of a significant virus threat under Unix or Linux to warrant such a thing. However, you might want to look in to intrusion detection tools such as tripwire (www.tripwire.org). Tripwire constructs a database of info about every file on your system and can be used to search for changes in files. This can let you know if you've been the victim of a crack or worm or something. As with all tools like this, it can only do its job if you use it right. Read the docs...all of them. noah -- _______________________________________________________ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html
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