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From: "Conway S. Smith" <beolach@xmission.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot Gentoo to clean windows
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:53:30 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080327125330.765e1533@hardcode42.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200803271919.03024.dirk.heinrichs@online.de>

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:18:57 +0100
"Dirk Heinrichs" <dirk.heinrichs@online.de> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 27. März 2008 schrieb Florian Philipp:
> 
> > Is it really necessary to run an anti-virus on linux? I just want
> > to hear some opinions on that topic because I thought security
> > fixes for your software are the way to go for fighting virae on
> > linux.
> 
> The main purpose is to remove virae from _Windows_ drives. You boot
> from a Linux LiveCD, like german c't magazin's "Knoppicillin",
> mount your NTFS partition(s) and clean them.
> 

Or to catch & remove a virus before it reaches the Windows machines -
say with a Linux file or email server on a network w/ Windows
machines.


Conway S. Smith
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  reply	other threads:[~2008-03-27 18:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-26 15:19 [gentoo-user] Boot Gentoo to clean windows Mikie
2008-03-26 15:26 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-03-26 15:36 ` Davi Vidal
2008-03-27  2:13 ` [gentoo-user] " 7v5w7go9ub0o
2008-03-27 18:07   ` Florian Philipp
2008-03-27 18:18     ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-03-27 18:53       ` Conway S. Smith [this message]
2008-03-27 18:41     ` [gentoo-user] virusses on Linux [was: Re: Boot Gentoo to clean windows] Uwe Thiem
2008-03-27 19:23     ` [gentoo-user] Re: Boot Gentoo to clean windows Dale
2008-03-27 21:16       ` Alan McKinnon
2008-03-27 22:40         ` Dale
2008-03-28  1:28     ` 7v5w7go9ub0o
2008-03-28 14:33       ` Mick
2008-03-28 16:27         ` 7v5w7go9ub0o
2008-03-28 18:12       ` Alan McKinnon
2008-03-28  8:51 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2008-03-28 16:43   ` [gentoo-user] " 7v5w7go9ub0o
2008-03-29 18:53     ` Stroller
2008-03-30 10:08       ` Etaoin Shrdlu
2008-03-28 19:13   ` Francesco Talamona
2008-03-29 18:25     ` Stroller
2008-03-30  8:15       ` Francesco Talamona
2008-03-28 22:12   ` [gentoo-user] " Alan Milnes
2008-03-29 17:40     ` Stroller

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