ooc, can someone give me a pointer to some real *factual* information
about bliss..
preferably not by mcafee :) unless it's actually technical, and not meant
to drum up sales <g>
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On Thu, 7 May 1998, Federico Strati - Red Hat Linux User wrote:
> Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 02:41:30 +0200
> From: Federico Strati - Red Hat Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Antivirus stuff
> Resent-Date: 7 May 1998 00:41:36 -0000
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> I'm a curious one...
> get a sound laugh at this URL:
> http://www.nai.com/about/news/press/1997/020597.asp
>
> what Mcafee think of the monstrous bliss virus... :-)))
>
> over all it's interesting to see that a company like mcafee
> has a wish to expand their market on the linux platform.....
>
> cheers
> ciao fede
>
> macker wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 6 May 1998, Stephan Greene wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 6 May 1998, Ezekiel J. Krahlin wrote:
> > >
> > > > What is available for Red Hat 5.0, in the way of antivirus programs? Thanks
> > > > in advance.
> > >
> > > I believe there is a version of Network Associates (ex McAfee) virsu
> > > scanner software that runs fine on Linux. There may be others as well
> > > that a web search would find.
> > >
> > > FWIW, the McAfee scanner will detect MSDOS/Windows virii as long as they
> > > are on an uncompressed (no .zip, .tar.gz) file on the Linux box file
> > > system.
> > >
> > > Steve
> >
> > Since there's only one known Linux virus in existance, Bliss, McAfee's
> > virus scanner is only for looking for DOS/Windows viruses. If your
> > concern as to a virus scanner for RedHat is that your Linux system will
> > get infected with viruses, worry not about viruses, just stay up to date
> > on security and bugfixes.
> >
> > Here's the help screen from uvscan (McAfee's scanner):
> >
> > Usage: uvscan [option list] <file>
> >
> > -c, --clean clean infected files (when possible.)
> > -d, --data-directory DIRECTORY use data files in DIRECTORY.
> > --delete delete infected files.
> > -e, --exit-on-error exit immediately upon encountering
> > errors.
> > -f, --file FILE get a list of files to scan from FILE.
> > -h, --help print (this) help information.
> > --ignore-compressed ignore compressed files.
> > --ignore-links don't follow symbolic links.
> > -m, --move DIRECTORY move files to DIRECTORY, preserving
> > path.
> > --one-file-system don't descend directories on other
> > filesystems.
> > -r, --recursive scan directories recursively.
> > -s, --selected scan only selected files.
> > --summary show summary results after scanning.
> > -v, --verbose verbosely report progress.
> > --virus-list display information on known viruses.
> >
> > >From the man page:
> >
> > --ignore-compressed
> > Do not scan compressed files. By default, Uvscan
> > will internally unpack certain kinds of compressed
> > files and scan the decompressed form.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > -macker
> >
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