Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 17:38 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > > On 2006-04-25, Ron Johnson penned: > > > >>On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 13:34 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > >> > >>>Sure, but I could write a program in COBOL and still load passwords > >>>from a plain text fi

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2006-04-25, Roberto C. Sanchez penned: > >>I think you are twisting Ron's point. His original point was that >>some languages (like C/C++) make it possible to have hard to detect >>subtle faults that become security problems. Other languages (like >>COBOL) do away w

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-25 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2006-04-25, Roberto C. Sanchez penned: > > I think you are twisting Ron's point. His original point was that > some languages (like C/C++) make it possible to have hard to detect > subtle faults that become security problems. Other languages (like > COBOL) do away with those subtle issues. Es

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2006-04-25, Ron Johnson penned: > >>On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 13:34 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: >> >>>Sure, but I could write a program in COBOL and still load passwords >>>from a plain text file stored with wide-open permissions, just for >>>example. >> >>That's will

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-25 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2006-04-25, Ron Johnson penned: > On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 13:34 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: >> >> Sure, but I could write a program in COBOL and still load passwords >> from a plain text file stored with wide-open permissions, just for >> example. > > That's willfully stupid programming. Peo

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 13:34 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2006-04-22, Ron Johnson penned: > > On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 09:42 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > >> On 2006-04-22, Ron Johnson penned: > >> > > >> > Unless you write with a secure language like COBOL. > >> > >> I'm sure it's possibl

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-25 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2006-04-22, Ron Johnson penned: > On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 09:42 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: >> On 2006-04-22, Ron Johnson penned: >> > >> > Unless you write with a secure language like COBOL. >> >> I'm sure it's possible to write an insecure program in COBOL. > > It would be darned hard. > >

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-23 Thread hendrik
On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 09:09:49PM -0700, Michael M. wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > > >>On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's > >>>different securi

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-22 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Michael M. wrote: > > Honestly, Roberto, while I wouldn't dispute the basic contention that > Linux and any other UNIX-based OS's are more secure by design than > flavors of Windows, there is a smugness in the tone of your reply that > bothers me. Most Windows malware that affects desktop users e

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-22 Thread Michael M.
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's different security approach. Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-22 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 09:42 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2006-04-22, Ron Johnson penned: > > > > Unless you write with a secure language like COBOL. > > I'm sure it's possible to write an insecure program in COBOL. It would be darned hard. Strings are fixed length, the RTL chops off stri

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-22 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2006-04-22, Ron Johnson penned: > > Unless you write with a secure language like COBOL. I'm sure it's possible to write an insecure program in COBOL. -- monique Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 22:23 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Christopher Nelson wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 02:21:14PM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > > > >>Or even more often, PHP scripts that you write yourself! > > > > Yes of course, but those aren't usually intentionally insecure ;

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Christopher Nelson wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 02:21:14PM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > >>Or even more often, PHP scripts that you write yourself! > > Yes of course, but those aren't usually intentionally insecure ;) If > they are, you might want to see someone about it... But I (fooli

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 02:21:14PM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2006-04-21, Christopher Nelson penned: > > > > Do keep in mind though, that you can still get infected via insecure > > things you add on, like PHP scripts you find online and put on your > > webpage. Doesn't happen often, but

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread B.Hoffmann
> Actually, I should asy, I want to find anti-spyware/adware/virus stuff, > just to make the workstation safe when connect to the Internet. > Dr.Web, well proven for me on Win and Lin. Always has 100% detection rates if you believe the VB tests. Never had a virus on Linux though it seems. But

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2006-04-21, Christopher Nelson penned: > > Do keep in mind though, that you can still get infected via insecure > things you add on, like PHP scripts you find online and put on your > webpage. Doesn't happen often, but something to think about. Or even more often, PHP scripts that you write yo

Re: Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 10:11:26PM -0700, lmyho wrote: > Hi Paul and Linas, > > Thanks for the good to know information and nice suggestions! Makes me happy > to hear > these.;) Thanks! Hate those viruses, worms, Trojan horses and dialers, nice > to > know Debian is immune (at least a great po

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2006-04-21, Michael Schurter penned: > > Think of it this way: if you were a virus/spyware/malware writer who > would you target? 95% of the market or 5% of the market? Well, if *I* were a virus writer, I'd want to target linux because it's more of a challenge. The only reason I can see for w

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Mike McCarty
Paul Johnson wrote: Yes, but who runs that 5%? Businesses you want to compromise? Government agency you dislike? There are a number of reasons a platform is targeted. On the other hand, I feel that Windows gets targeted more because it's an easy target: Which would you rather try to crac

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Linux than windows? No. There were viruses in Windows at a time when there were less windows users than there are linux users today and when most M$-users (at that time including myself) were still ru

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's > > different security approach. > > Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Linux than

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 21 April 2006 07:32, Michael Schurter wrote: > Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > >> Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's > >> different security approach. > > > > Could it be because there are les

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 21 April 2006 06:54, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's > > different security approach. > > Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Li

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Michael Schurter
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's different security approach. Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Linux than windows? While Linux is more

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > >>Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's >>different security approach. > > > Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Linux than > windows? > > raj

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Friday 21 April 2006 04:19, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Also linux viruses occur only very seldom -- probably because of linux's > different security approach. Could it be because there are less number of desktop users using Linux than windows? raju -- http://kamaraju.googlepages.com/cornel

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
lmyho wrote: Yes it's a workstation, to be some kind of app server, but not mail server. But why a workstation doesn't need anti-virus stuff? Doesn't the Internet connection unsafe? Actually, I should asy, I want to find anti-spyware/adware/virus stuff, just to make the workstation safe when c

Thanks! Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-20 Thread lmyho
Hi Paul and Linas, Thanks for the good to know information and nice suggestions! Makes me happy to hear these.;) Thanks! Hate those viruses, worms, Trojan horses and dialers, nice to know Debian is immune (at least a great portion) from those. :) Cheer. --- Linas Žvirblis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thursday 20 April 2006 16:29, lmyho wrote: > Yes it's a workstation, to be some kind of app server, but not mail server. > But why a workstation doesn't need anti-virus stuff? Doesn't the Internet > connection unsafe? Actually, I should asy, I want to find > anti-spyware/adware/virus stuff, j

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thursday 20 April 2006 13:30, lmyho wrote: > Hello All, > > I would like to ask for advice on some good anti-virus softwares to use on > Debian. ClamAV isn't bad, however, be aware that virus scanning generally benefits Windows users far more than it does Linux users. Unless you want it to sc

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-20 Thread Linas Žvirblis
> Yes it's a workstation, to be some kind of app server, but not mail server. > But why > a workstation doesn't need anti-virus stuff? There are no widespread viruses for GNU/Linux systems. > Doesn't the Internet connection unsafe? No internet connection is 100% safe, but it is not antivirus th

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-20 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 16:29 -0700, lmyho wrote: > --- "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I would like to ask for advice on some good anti-virus softwares to use on > > Debian. > > > > > > Thank you all for advice! > > > > > > Regards, > > > Leo > > > > Umm... what fo

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-20 Thread lmyho
--- "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I would like to ask for advice on some good anti-virus softwares to use on > Debian. > > > > Thank you all for advice! > > > > Regards, > > Leo > > Umm... what for? Is this a workstation? If so, you likely don't need > an anti-viru

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-20 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 01:30:51PM -0700, lmyho wrote: > Hello All, > > I would like to ask for advice on some good anti-virus softwares to use > on Debian. What's your primary purpose? If it's to scan mail and the occasional file, I can say that clamav works well, and can be kept up-to-date wit

Re: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-20 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
lmyho wrote: > Hello All, > > I would like to ask for advice on some good anti-virus softwares to use on > Debian. > > Thank you all for advice! > > Regards, > Leo Umm... what for? Is this a workstation? If so, you likely don't need an anti-virus. Is this a mail server serving Windows clien

RE: good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-20 Thread Yu,Glen [Ontario]
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good anti-virus software to use?

2006-04-20 Thread lmyho
Hello All, I would like to ask for advice on some good anti-virus softwares to use on Debian. Thank you all for advice! Regards, Leo __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- T

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-08 Thread MJ Inabnit
MJ Inabnit wrote: > Greetings: > > I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last one is Rick's > rant . However, the > information is dated. I want to thank everyone who took time to respond to this post. It was in

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-06 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Greg Folkert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > So, as you can see, I still communicate with him. He is very > knowledgeable and sometime overly detailed (which is a very good > problem to have indeed) Thanks. ;-> Yes, I'm aware of the virus essays page (for example) being over-long. Part of the

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-06 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 22:38, David Clymer wrote: > On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 22:28, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 21:18, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:42:09AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > On We

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-06 Thread Paul Morgan
On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 22:09:32 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On 2004-02-06, Paul Johnson penned: >> >> On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:28:14PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: >>> Hopefully Rick forgives the personal intrusion. >> >> If you consider getting an email from someone else on the net as a >> per

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-05 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:09:32PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > > If you consider getting an email from someone else on the net as a > > personal intrusion, you probably don't belong on the net. 8:o) > > > > I wasn't paying terribly close attent

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-05 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On 2004-02-06, Paul Johnson penned: > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:28:14PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: >> Hopefully Rick forgives the personal intrusion. > > If you consider getting an email from someone else on the net as a > personal intrusion, you probably don't belong on the net. 8:o) > I wasn

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-05 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:28:14PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > Hopefully Rick forgives the personal intrusion. If you consider getting an email from someone else on the net as a personal intrusion, you probably don't belong on the net. 8:o) - --

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-05 Thread David Clymer
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 22:28, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 21:18, Paul Johnson wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:42:09AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 22:51, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-05 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 21:18, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:42:09AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 22:51, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit wrote: > > > > I have

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-05 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:42:09AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 22:51, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit wrote: > > > I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last >

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-05 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 22:51, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit wrote: > > I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last > > one is Rick's rant > >

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-04 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit wrote: > I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last > one is Rick's rant > . > However, the information is dated. No

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-03 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 21:53, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 05:51, MJ Inabnit wrote: > > Greetings: > > > .. and it seems the scanner only works on x86 machines:

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-03 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 05:51, MJ Inabnit wrote: > Greetings: HTH Best Regards Wolfgang > Thanks so much. > > Jaye > > Wishing you well. > > _ > Linux.Net -->Open Source to every

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-03 Thread John Hasler
Jaye writes: > The claim was something along the line of "What if I send you an Email > with an executable attachment like [cd, rm -r]". Are you stupid enough to run it? And even if you are, what makes you think that AV would detect it? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-03 Thread Marcel Weber
MJ Inabnit wrote: Greetings: I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last one is Rick's rant . However, the information is dated. So what is the opinion now-a-days? I just read a post last week where a new Gnu/Linux

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-03 Thread Rob Weir
rongly advocates AV for all new users. The ^^^ Windows users seem to have a fixation on anti-virus software. The Linux approach is to just not run crap random people send to you. I have never ever heard of a mail client aside from Outlook that will even let you run executables emailed to you wit

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-02 Thread Erik Steffl
MJ Inabnit wrote: Greetings: I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. > The last one is Rick's rant > . > However, the information is dated. So what is the opinion now-a-days? I just read a post last > week where a new Gnu

anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-02 Thread MJ Inabnit
Greetings: I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last one is Rick's rant . However, the information is dated. So what is the opinion now-a-days? I just read a post last week where a new Gnu/Linux user strongly

Our Anti-Virus software detected a virus in a document you may have authored.

2004-01-27 Thread AIS3
Please contact your system administrator. If you are on AISMAIL you may contact the HELPDESK at extension 4680 or by e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The scanned document was QUARANTINED. Virus Information: The attachment test.zip contained the virus [EMAIL PROTECTED] and could NOT be repaired. The

Re: Anti Virus Software

2003-06-20 Thread Alvin Oga
On 19 Jun 2003, Vivek Kumar wrote: > Hi guys, > > Any recommendation for email anti-virus software ?? pick one, none or many from the list http://www.Linux-Sec.net/Mail/AntiVirus c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: Anti Virus Software

2003-06-20 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 12:27:24AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Someday some bright cracker is going to figure out how to wrap a > > remote root exploit in an e-mail. Might as well be ready. > > It already happened 15 years ago. I was six and I remember hearing > about it. Well, you should pr

Re: Anti Virus Software

2003-06-20 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 04:11:00PM -0500, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > Someday some bright cracker is going to figure out how to wrap a > remote root exploit in an e-mail. Might as well be ready. It already happened 15 years ago. I was six and I remem

Re: Anti Virus Software

2003-06-20 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 03:02:49PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > My opinion only -- if you're not running any services for Windows > clients (email, ftp, file sharing, etc), anti-virus apps just suck up > resources on your Linux box. Perhaps someday viru

Re: Anti Virus Software

2003-06-20 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Please trim quoted material before posting. On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 11:58:33AM -0700, M. Kirchhoff wrote: > Regarding virus protection under GNU/Linux in general, how essential > is it? Not a problem. Rootkits are a greater issue, but you need to

Re: Anti Virus Software

2003-06-19 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting M. Kirchhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Regarding virus protection under GNU/Linux in general, how essential is it? I'm > a recent convert from the Microsoft world, where virus protection is essential. > I've also heard reports that virus protection under GNU/Linux isn't as > necessary, as th

Re: Anti Virus Software

2003-06-19 Thread Kent West
M. Kirchhoff wrote: Regarding virus protection under GNU/Linux in general, how essential is it? I'm a recent convert from the Microsoft world, where virus protection is essential. I've also heard reports that virus protection under GNU/Linux isn't as necessary, as the typical user has restricted

Re: Anti Virus Software

2003-06-19 Thread M. Kirchhoff
Quoting "Jeffrey L. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Quoting Vivek Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi guys, > > > > Any recommendation for email anti-virus software ?? > > > > Thanks a bunch for your help.. > > > > amavisd-new

Re: Anti Virus Software

2003-06-19 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting Vivek Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi guys, > > Any recommendation for email anti-virus software ?? > > Thanks a bunch for your help.. > amavisd-new and ClamAV (free in both senses) and H+BEDV's AntiVir and F-Prot (both zero cost for personal, non-com

Anti Virus Software

2003-06-19 Thread Vivek Kumar
Hi guys, Any recommendation for email anti-virus software ?? Thanks a bunch for your help.. -- Vivek Kumar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to compare and choose anti-virus software ???

2003-02-25 Thread Rupa Schomaker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now that I've got exim|fetchmail|razor|spamassassin|procmail|mutt > more or less functioning properly, it is time to implement virus > protection, especially for email: [snip] > Is there some webpage that compar

Re: How to compare and choose anti-virus software ???

2003-02-25 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Also sprach Jeffrey L. Taylor (Tue 25 Feb 02003 at 05:15:53PM -0600): > I am using Postfix, amavis-new, and ClamAv + F-Prot + H+BEDV AntiVir. > I was using OpenAntiVir (OAV) and DrWeb. OAV's signature database is > updated infrequently and is written in Java, putting a bigger load on > my system.

Re: How to compare and choose anti-virus software ???

2003-02-25 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
I am using Postfix, amavis-new, and ClamAv + F-Prot + H+BEDV AntiVir. I was using OpenAntiVir (OAV) and DrWeb. OAV's signature database is updated infrequently and is written in Java, putting a bigger load on my system. ClamAv starts with OAV's signature database with additional signatures added

Re: How to compare and choose anti-virus software ???

2003-02-25 Thread Craig Dickson
Michael D. Schleif wrote: > Also sprach Craig Dickson (Tue 25 Feb 02003 at 01:30:32PM -0800): > > > Here are the fruits of two minutes of research using only dpkg -p, which > > you could just as easily have done yourself: > > Of course, I have already done this [...] Then you could have at least

Re: How to compare and choose anti-virus software ???

2003-02-25 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Also sprach Craig Dickson (Tue 25 Feb 02003 at 01:30:32PM -0800): > Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > > Now that I've got exim|fetchmail|razor|spamassassin|procmail|mutt > > more or less functioning properly, it is time to implement virus > > protection, especially for email: > > > > # apt-cache

Re: How to compare and choose anti-virus software ???

2003-02-25 Thread daniel huhardeaux
Craig Dickson wrote: Michael D. Schleif wrote: Now that I've got exim|fetchmail|razor|spamassassin|procmail|mutt more or less functioning properly, it is time to implement virus protection, especially for email: # apt-cache search virus | grep -i virus | sort amavis-exim - Inte

Re: How to compare and choose anti-virus software ???

2003-02-25 Thread Craig Dickson
Michael D. Schleif wrote: > Now that I've got exim|fetchmail|razor|spamassassin|procmail|mutt > more or less functioning properly, it is time to implement virus > protection, especially for email: > > # apt-cache search virus | grep -i virus | sort > amavis-exim - Interface between MT

Re: How to compare and choose anti-virus software ???

2003-02-25 Thread nate
Michael D. Schleif said: > What do you think? as an amavis user for more then 2 years I think amavis is a good package. Though I run the stuff from amavis.org, haven't tried any of the debainized versions. My last amavis deployment was amavisd snapshot 3(march 2002 I think). Before that I ran ama

How to compare and choose anti-virus software ???

2003-02-25 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Now that I've got exim|fetchmail|razor|spamassassin|procmail|mutt more or less functioning properly, it is time to implement virus protection, especially for email: # apt-cache search virus | grep -i virus | sort amavis-exim - Interface between MTA and virus scanner. amavis

RE: OT : Anti Virus Software for Linux

2001-04-02 Thread Joris Lambrecht
ebian-user@lists.debian.org' Subject: RE: OT : Anti Virus Software for Linux > Sorry 'bout all that commercial spam people (i'll try to cut on sendin' > hyperlinks) > ?? never heard/read anything about mcafee linux soft > AVP is Fsecure is AVP (from what i understand

RE: OT : Anti Virus Software for Linux

2001-03-31 Thread Roberto Diaz
his is something I really dont like.. first the virus alert and then everybody selling you anti-virus software.. This is debian.. we dont use non-GNU software.. dont we? Regards Roberto Roberto Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: OT : Anti Virus Software for Linux

2001-03-29 Thread Nate Amsden
Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi Nate, > What mcaffe product do you use? > Does it work in Debian? > We want to implement some AV in a debian mail potato server. > Thanks, PH I use mcafee virusscan for linux. the only downside is it

Re: OT : Anti Virus Software for Linux

2001-03-29 Thread Nate Amsden
Joris Lambrecht wrote: > > Sorry 'bout all that commercial spam people (i'll try to cut on sendin' > hyperlinks) > > ?? never heard/read anything about mcafee linux soft > AVP is Fsecure is AVP (from what i understand they're cross licensing) > never heard of sophos but in an article mcafee for

Re: OT : Anti Virus Software for Linux

2001-03-29 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi Nate, What mcaffe product do you use? Does it work in Debian? We want to implement some AV in a debian mail potato server. Thanks, PH Em Thu, 29 Mar 2001 08:57:16 -0800, Nate Amsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > Joris Lambrecht wrote: > > > > T

RE: OT : Anti Virus Software for Linux

2001-03-29 Thread Joris Lambrecht
sage- From: Nate Amsden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: donderdag 29 maart 2001 18:57 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' Subject: Re: OT : Anti Virus Software for Linux Joris Lambrecht wrote: > > To those concerned www.fsecure.com has a Linux an

Re: OT : Anti Virus Software for Linux

2001-03-29 Thread Nate Amsden
Joris Lambrecht wrote: > > To those concerned www.fsecure.com has a Linux anti-virus solution > > so does sophos, AVP, mcaffee and probably quite a few others . (i use mcafee at my company) nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL

OT : Anti Virus Software for Linux

2001-03-29 Thread Joris Lambrecht
To those concerned www.fsecure.com has a Linux anti-virus solution http://www.fsecure.com/v-descs/lindose.shtml they finally added it to their knowledgebase (wasn't there yesterday), little late for them >> Didn't know about any GPL anti-virus software or