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On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:18:57 +0100 |
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"Dirk Heinrichs" <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Am Donnerstag, 27. März 2008 schrieb Florian Philipp: |
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> > Is it really necessary to run an anti-virus on linux? I just want |
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> > to hear some opinions on that topic because I thought security |
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> > fixes for your software are the way to go for fighting virae on |
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> > linux. |
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> The main purpose is to remove virae from _Windows_ drives. You boot |
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> from a Linux LiveCD, like german c't magazin's "Knoppicillin", |
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> mount your NTFS partition(s) and clean them. |
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Or to catch & remove a virus before it reaches the Windows machines - |
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say with a Linux file or email server on a network w/ Windows |
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machines. |
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Conway S. Smith |
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