From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 25 15:22:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA15361 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Mar 1996 15:22:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from crh.cl.msu.edu (crh.cl.msu.edu [35.8.1.24]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA15354 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 1996 15:22:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from henrich@localhost) by crh.cl.msu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA02169; Mon, 25 Mar 1996 18:20:38 -0500 From: Charles Henrich Message-Id: <199603252320.SAA02169@crh.cl.msu.edu> Subject: Re: Virus scanner for unix (scan for DOS/Mac virus in .zip, .tgz To: leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com (Marty Leisner) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 18:20:38 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9603252201.AA28035@gnu.mc.xerox.com> from "Marty Leisner" at Mar 25, 96 02:01:18 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> >Does anyone know of a virus scanner package for unix that will search throu >> >dos/mac files for viruses? > > > > Well after much searching I found uvlinux.tgz at mcafee's ftp site. Its a b eta > > virus scanner for linux that purpotedly even checks inside certain types of > > compressed files (of course it convieniently doesnt mention which type). > > > > Now we gotta get em to make a FreeBSD port :) > > > > [The linux one runs okay so far however..] > > > > > > > Pray tell what does a virus scanner do? > > I you build everything from source, how do you even know you'll end up > doing a > rm -rf / > > setuid root? > > Having a working knowledge of permissions and not setuiding blindly is > the best way to prevent destruction... If you read the message a little closer, I was looking for a scanner that would scan for MAC/PC virus's... -Crh Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich