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On 28/03/2008, 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9ub0o@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Florian Philipp wrote: |
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> <snip> |
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> |
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> >> FWIW, AntiVir, Bitdefender, and F-Prot run quite well on Linux, and each |
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> >> has BOTH Linux and Windows Trojan and virus signatures. So you can |
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> >> install these and scan your windows box, and then scan your Linux |
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> >> box/downloads for malware (e.g. openoffice files, media files, etc.). |
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> >> |
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> >> Add Dazuko, and you can get real-time scanning of your Linux box while |
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> >> downloading/compiling software. |
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> > |
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> > This is getting OT but I still want to ask: |
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> > Is it really necessary to run an anti-virus on linux? I just want to |
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> > hear some opinions on that topic because I thought security fixes for |
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> > your software are the way to go for fighting virae on linux. |
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> Anti-Virus on Linux. No. |
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> (presuming that you don't run as root, and have lots of unprivileged |
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> users for individual applications.) |
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> Anti-Malware on Linux. Yes. |
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> (Malware gets to the box via spoofed or hacked software distribution or |
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> creation sites; bad links or poisoned DNS caches; or via (e.g.) browser |
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> memory attacks - at plugins or exploits) |
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> The oldtimers will tell you that safe hex and perhaps integrity |
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> monitoring (e.g. Samhain or tripwire) are all that's needed. But desktop |
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> Linux with Browsing, IM, etc. is changing that, IMHO. |
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> The three packages above have Linux Trojan and Rootkit signatures, as |
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> well as Windows malware sigs. Easy enough to run an occasional scan of |
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> the Linux box (or Windows partition); and to scan each Linux download |
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> before reading, compiling, or passing on. |
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> (Dazuko additionally allows realtime scans of compilation read/writes). |
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> IMHO, Linux and MAC are the next frontier for malware, and -SADLY- |
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> AntiMalware signature and heuristic techniques are one thing we can |
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> learn about from Windows :-( |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080327/tc_pcworld/143901 |
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What worries me is the reference to Safari . . . (khtml rendering engine?) |
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What is an appropriate anti-malware for Linux, other than safe-hex? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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