I don't know, but wasn't it Mr. Gates that called Linux a virus? Maybe MS could put pressure on Norton AV to detect Linux systems on the network?? :-)
...br ----- Original Message ----- From: Chip Wood To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:05 AM Subject: Re: VNC as a virus Sam, You read my mind ! Chip ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Dunham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:55 AM Subject: Re: VNC as a virus > Gee, it's shocking that pcAnywhere would discourage the use of VNC. I > wonder if Microsoft discourages the use of Linux. ;) > > -Sam > > At 11:38 AM 4/3/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >The Virus Software that I use at my site, which spans from Norton V 5.0 > >to Norton 2002 on Win 9x/NT/2k/XCP, has never identified VNC as a virus. > > > >I have had PC Anywhere 10.x inform me that it does not recommend using > >VNC and that we should uninstall it. But we use PC Anywhere for our > >users to dial in on and VNC for our Help Desk, so we just ignore that > >message. > > > >I'd be interested in knowing the exact version of the A/V software, the > >OS and what other incidental add-ons for VNC you might have installed. > >Perhaps one of them has some "virus like" code. > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > This is really kind of bad news that Anti-virus vendors are classifying > > > VNC as a Trojan. It then becomes difficult to know if your VNC > > > installation has been replaced by a real Trojan or is infected by a > > > real virus. No answers for this problem, just an observation. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > > > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > > > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > >'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > >See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
