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 1FG9d2-00029Y-Hp for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:55:37 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k266sXv4025856; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 06:54:33 GMT Received: from mainframe.hackerden.org ([59.92.241.175]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k266oWrP012329 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 06:50:33 GMT Received: by mainframe.hackerden.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D89D77AB6E; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 12:20:31 +0530 (IST) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 12:20:31 +0530 From: Masood Ahmed To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] antivirus Message-ID: <20060306065031.GC5207@mainframe> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <4bf052bf0603052155yae0bafmae4ef872678fd73b@mail.gmail.com> <20060306061034.GB5207@mainframe> <200603060034.54782.bss03@volumehost.net> 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: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200603060034.54782.bss03@volumehost.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: 749b7685-38e9-4fe8-9cdb-785cc713af45 X-Archives-Hash: d4ac83343344c4a6d24131bfa280ee71 --VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 06 March 2006 00:10, Masood Ahmed wrote= =20 > about 'Re: [gentoo-user] antivirus': > > I dont think linux can get infected by windows viruses. >=20 > Yes, but files accessible from a windows box, but stored on a linux box c= an=20 > become carriers. If they aren't cleaned, they could infect the next (or= =20 > the same) windows bow that asks for them. >=20 Look what Micro$oft has done to Linux. They make us use anti virus software.Better dump M$ Windows and use GNU/Linux full time. I'm doing the same for past 1 year, and no problem to me.=20 I dont need anti virus. Atleast not now. :) PS: In windows world it's a good thing that one runs anti virus. --=20 Linux Kernel : 2.6.15-gentoo-r7 GCC version : 4.0.2 (Gentoo 4.0.2-r3, pie-8.7.8) Processor : AMD Athlon XP 2600+ RAM : 1 GB DDR 333 SDRAM CFLAGS USED : -march=3Dathlon-xp -O3 -m3dnow -msse -mmmx -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -ftracer -fno-crossjumping -falign-functions=3D16 -falign-loops=3D16 -falign-jumps=3D16 -fno-align-labels -mfpmath=3D387,sse -maccumulate-outgoing-args CXXFLAGS USED : $(CFLAGS) -fvisibility-inlines-hidden --VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEC9u3LlT2pMt37XIRAp95AJ45a7CDth+VkuCv4JhxHCedO6IO0wCeJfE2 cM1ifCUE7uEnYCKIbOwy9zo= =Lmdl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list