Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-08 Thread MJ Inabnit
MJ Inabnit wrote: > Greetings: > > I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last one is Rick's > rant . However, the > information is dated. I want to thank everyone who took time to respond to this post. It was in

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-06 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Greg Folkert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > So, as you can see, I still communicate with him. He is very > knowledgeable and sometime overly detailed (which is a very good > problem to have indeed) Thanks. ;-> Yes, I'm aware of the virus essays page (for example) being over-long. Part of the

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-06 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 22:38, David Clymer wrote: > On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 22:28, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 21:18, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:42:09AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > On We

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-06 Thread Paul Morgan
On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 22:09:32 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On 2004-02-06, Paul Johnson penned: >> >> On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:28:14PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: >>> Hopefully Rick forgives the personal intrusion. >> >> If you consider getting an email from someone else on the net as a >> per

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-05 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:09:32PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > > If you consider getting an email from someone else on the net as a > > personal intrusion, you probably don't belong on the net. 8:o) > > > > I wasn't paying terribly close attent

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-05 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On 2004-02-06, Paul Johnson penned: > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:28:14PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: >> Hopefully Rick forgives the personal intrusion. > > If you consider getting an email from someone else on the net as a > personal intrusion, you probably don't belong on the net. 8:o) > I wasn

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-05 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:28:14PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > Hopefully Rick forgives the personal intrusion. If you consider getting an email from someone else on the net as a personal intrusion, you probably don't belong on the net. 8:o) - --

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-05 Thread David Clymer
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 22:28, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 21:18, Paul Johnson wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:42:09AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 22:51, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-05 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 21:18, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:42:09AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 22:51, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit wrote: > > > > I have

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-05 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:42:09AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 22:51, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit wrote: > > > I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last >

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-05 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 22:51, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit wrote: > > I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last > > one is Rick's rant > >

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-04 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit wrote: > I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last > one is Rick's rant > . > However, the information is dated. No

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-03 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 21:53, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 05:51, MJ Inabnit wrote: > > Greetings: > > > .. and it seems the scanner only works on x86 machines:

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-03 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 05:51, MJ Inabnit wrote: > Greetings: HTH Best Regards Wolfgang > Thanks so much. > > Jaye > > Wishing you well. > > _ > Linux.Net -->Open Source to every

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-03 Thread John Hasler
Jaye writes: > The claim was something along the line of "What if I send you an Email > with an executable attachment like [cd, rm -r]". Are you stupid enough to run it? And even if you are, what makes you think that AV would detect it? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-03 Thread Marcel Weber
MJ Inabnit wrote: Greetings: I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last one is Rick's rant . However, the information is dated. So what is the opinion now-a-days? I just read a post last week where a new Gnu/Linux

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-03 Thread Rob Weir
[Please wrap your lines! It makes it much easier to read, and thus more likely that you'll get a response. Anywhere between 70 and 80 is acceptable; 72 seems to be a nice value.] On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:51:03PM -0800, MJ Inabnit said > Greetings: > > I have read several opinions regarding AV

Re: anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-02 Thread Erik Steffl
MJ Inabnit wrote: Greetings: I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. > The last one is Rick's rant > . > However, the information is dated. So what is the opinion now-a-days? I just read a post last > week where a new Gnu

anti-virus software for Gnu/Linux

2004-02-02 Thread MJ Inabnit
Greetings: I have read several opinions regarding AV for Gnu/Linux. The last one is Rick's rant . However, the information is dated. So what is the opinion now-a-days? I just read a post last week where a new Gnu/Linux user strongly