From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FG9OC-0002Jm-QD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:40:17 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k266dEch010018; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 06:39:14 GMT Received: from ender.volumehost.net (adsl-69-154-123-202.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k266Yv2b025636 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 06:34:58 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45BE8F854 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 06:34:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ender.volumehost.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ender.volumehost.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 26866-14 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 06:34:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ip70-178-214-62.ks.ks.cox.net (ip70-178-214-62.ks.ks.cox.net [70.178.214.62]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ED41F825 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 06:34:56 +0000 (UTC) From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] antivirus Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 00:34:54 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <4bf052bf0603052155yae0bafmae4ef872678fd73b@mail.gmail.com> <20060306061034.GB5207@mainframe> In-Reply-To: <20060306061034.GB5207@mainframe> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200603060034.54782.bss03@volumehost.net> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at volumehost.net X-Archives-Salt: af366f3d-ee43-4f20-aec8-5ffeb433e245 X-Archives-Hash: d8c2ab1465c8b07277698d7b55dedcf8 On Monday 06 March 2006 00:10, Masood Ahmed wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] antivirus': > I dont think linux can get infected by windows viruses. Yes, but files accessible from a windows box, but stored on a linux box can become carriers. If they aren't cleaned, they could infect the next (or the same) windows bow that asks for them. In any case, having anti-virus is better than not as long as it doesn't get in your way or hog the CPU. -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list