Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 12:51:30 -0400 From: Adam McLaurin <blueeskimo@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Lee_Shackelford@dot.ca.gov Subject: Re: virus scan programs Message-ID: <1062780689.64901.5.camel@jake> In-Reply-To: <OF9914DB0F.0929A256-ON88256D98.00598EA7@dot.ca.gov> References: <OF9914DB0F.0929A256-ON88256D98.00598EA7@dot.ca.gov>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 12:32, Lee_Shackelford@dot.ca.gov wrote: > 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. This topic has been discussed at great length before. Check the mailing list archives. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/ http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/ -- Adam McLaurin <blueeskimo@gmx.net> [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/WL8Rt+DSc2Q4lGYRAoARAJ4qyKlxFQznK+tnDM2+/9WaXz9GzACgg4Hc src3dD2pAZ7wkuZwbOsbQvA= =Obk7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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