Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 18:20:38 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com (Marty Leisner) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virus scanner for unix (scan for DOS/Mac virus in .zip, .tgz Message-ID: <199603252320.SAA02169@crh.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <9603252201.AA28035@gnu.mc.xerox.com> from "Marty Leisner" at Mar 25, 96 02:01:18 pm
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>> >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
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