From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 5 09:32:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9590A16A4C0 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 09:32:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from trmx001.dot.ca.gov (svhqsacsmtp01.dot.ca.gov [64.174.7.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B49B143FF5 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 09:32:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Lee_Shackelford@dot.ca.gov) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.8 June 18, 2001 Message-ID: From: Lee_Shackelford@dot.ca.gov Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 09:32:13 -0700 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on SACSMTP01/SVR/Caltrans/CAGov(Release 5.0.8 |June 18, 2001) at 09/05/2003 09:32:31 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: virus scan programs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 16:32:33 -0000 Dear freeBSD enthusiast, Greetings. I am a newcomer to the BSD/Unix world. My place of employment is a large agency with thousands of client machines. Most of the clients use Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional operating system. Most of the servers use either Novell operating system, or I.B.M. Domino operating system. A very important ritual that each client computer performs every morning at boot-up time is to run a virus scan application program. This program is run whether or not the user desires it, because it runs before the user us granted a log-on screen. In my reading of Unix and BSD literature, I have found no mention of virus scan programs for these operating systems. Do such programs not exist? Alternately, is the Unix/BSD approach to this problem in a different philosophical and/or procedural sphere? If so, could you describe the Unix/BSD approach to locating and eradicating these invaders of one's hard drive? If the issue is already explained in either printed literature, or posted at a world wide web site, it is sufficient to cite the location. Many thanks for your response.