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Am Freitag, 9. Mai 2008 schrieb ext Volker Armin Hemmann: |
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> On Freitag, 9. Mai 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: |
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> > Am Freitag, 9. Mai 2008 schrieb ext Tony Caudel: |
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> > > I am currently using the clamv anti-virus program. I was wondering |
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> > > if there is a better one for Gentoo, especially one that integrates |
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> > > well with Thunderbird. That has been my one disappointment with |
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> > > clamav. Not necessarily clamav's fault since T/B maintains its |
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> > > emails in one long file. |
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> > |
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> > Hmm, how many Linux viruses exist out there? Usually these Linux based |
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> > anti virus progs only make sense on mail servers that receive mail for |
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> > Windows users. |
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> > |
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> > Or am I completely wrong here? |
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> |
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> better save than sorry - and there is more malware than virus' and worms. |
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> A good av might be able to find some of the less sophisticated rootkits |
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> too. |
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On Linux, to be affected by malware received via mail, the user has to |
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explicitely: |
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1) Save the attachment |
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2) make it executable |
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3) finally run it |
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If you do all this with an attachment (eventually) received from an unknown |
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source, you deserve having your data deleted ;-) |
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Bye... |
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Dirk |
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Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 |
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Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 |
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