Speaking of viruses

[Elton Woo]

jdow wrote:

>From: "WA9ALS - John" <ham_reflectors at wa9als.com>
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>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Elton Woo" <elwoo at videotron.ca>
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>>This newbie got H+BDEV's Antivirus (for LINUX) from:
>>http://www.hbedv.com/download/download.htm
>>and F-Prot (for LINUX) from:
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>http://www.f-prot.com/products/corporate_users/unix/linux/workstations.html.
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>>>Both of which are free for personal use.
>>>
>>>... if you don't know what antivirus software does, I guess I'm not
>>>smart enough to explain that to you!
>>>
>>>cheers,
>>>
>>>Elton Woo ;-)
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>>>
>>My understanding is that these programs detect WINDOWS viruses as received
>>on a linux box.  If you don't have Windows, "What, Me Worry?"
>>- John, feeling slightly less newbie
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>Now, one might think both John and Elton need to go look at the
>documentation for "Tripwire". It is not exactly an anti-virus tool
>of the Norton or McAfee schools. However, it is designed to aid
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Actually me, myself (... *yes* ,my first name is John) , and I am aware 
of Tripwire. However, I have not installed it recently. Surprising as it 
may seem. In any case, the topic here is about
viruses (detection and removal). Whereas Tripwire is merely a sentinel 
for intrusion detection and (should) be used in conjunction with a 
firewall, as an added security, IMVHO. However, since I am not running a 
server, and I *do* have a firewall enabled, this is one point where I 
didn't decide to "err on the side of caution".

... thought you'd trip me up by mentioning Tripwire, eh? LOL!!!

Elton ;-)

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