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Date:      Mon, 08 May 2000 02:54:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Lanny Baron <lnb@freebsdsystems.com>
To:        Wai Chan <waichan@hpu.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Scott Gasch <scott@mail.medsp.com>
Subject:   RE: Mcafee uvscan
Message-ID:  <XFMail.000508025429.lnb@freebsdsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <LNEJKGADPHKMLOFLNLFLAEOHCEAA.waichan@hpu.edu>

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Hi,
I thought these viruses can only affect a Doze box. You mean if i open a mail
on any of my FreeBSD servers, that virus can affect my FreeBSD System?

Regards.

Lanny

On 05-May-00 Wai Chan wrote:
> McAfee AntiVirus 4.7 for Unix (FreeBSD).  Finally, McAfee released something
> to support FreeBSD.
> 
> http://www.nai.com/asp_set/buy_try/try/products_evals.asp
> 
> Complete/Registered version is available (I saw it on their upgrade web
> site), so I think limited customer support should be available too.
> 
> best wishes,
> Wai Chan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Scott Gasch
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 3:04 PM
> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Mcafee uvscan
> 
> 
> In /usr/ports/security there is a version of VirusScan from Mcafee.
> It's an evaluation copy and apparently only works for 30 days.  Great,
> so I want to buy it so...
> 
> I visited their website and found only DOS, Windows, Mac versions.
> I checked their FTP site and didn't find anything.
> I called them on the phone and the tech support guy I got said "What's
> linux?" (the port is a linux binary)
> Finally I sent mail to info@mcafee.com which promptly bounced.
> 
> So my question to you is this -- does anyone know the status of
> Mcafee's support for UNIX?  If the project is still alive has anyone
> managed to get these guys to take your money?  If its dead, what are
> the alternatives?
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott
> 
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