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Re: Clamav</td>
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Michael Miles <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mmamiga6@gmail.com"><mmamiga6@gmail.com></a></td>
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Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:55:59 -0700</td>
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<pre wrap="">On 04/16/2010 01:39 PM, jdow wrote:
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>From: "Patrick O'Callaghan"<a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pocallaghan@gmail.com"><pocallaghan@gmail.com></a>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Sent: Thursday, 2010/April/15 12:50
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 12:22 -0700, Michael Miles wrote:
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">>>> </span>I have removed all and I will wait for proper instruction as I really
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">>>> </span>do not know enough about this OS
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>Given that you say so yourself, the logical question is "why do you need
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>Clamav"? Clamav is usually installed by people running mail servers for
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>users who access them from Windows. If all you're doing is reading mail
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>in Linux, it's extremely unlikely that you even need it. In 35 years of
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>using first Unix and then Linux, I have yet to see a single virus that
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">>> </span>wasn't a proof-of-concept demo.
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>1) I have seen at least one active exploit, I fortunately recognized
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>myself, for Linux in my<mumble> years with computers. (longer than
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>yours, sonny, although I took a 6 year hiatus in there. {^_-}) (Even
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>my beloved Amiga (made some money off that system) had online exploits.)
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>2) Some of us live on mixed networks. Open Sores does NOT pay for my
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>bread, water, and roof, let alone any recreation. So I have Windows
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>machines around. ClamAV is handy to have in the Linux machine, which
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>is the master server for the system.
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>3) If you read the kernel list a little more you'd discover enough chatter
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>about obvious items of vulnerability you'd want to put a condom on your
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>computer.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">></span>
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>4) I will agree with you as far as to say Linux is not as vulnerable as
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>Windows. That is mostly because it is still perceived as being a boutique
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>OS with savvy users. When that changes I expect to see numbers of active
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>exploits out on the Internet to increase sharply. I would prefer a casual
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>date put on his condom BEFORE rather than AFTER he makes mostions to
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>impregnate me, which at my age is hopeless.
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>{^_^} Fortunately Joanne has not had to reinstall YET.
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>
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<pre wrap="">I started with the Vic 20 then went to the 64
I had a Amiga 3000 up to a 68060 and of course lightwave and the video
toaster by newtek.
Now that Amiga was a system which I adored
I find Linux similar but I love the drag and drop of the amiga
especially for devices.
I run an Amd Phenom 2 945 now initialy with Win 7 x64 ultimate.
Am totally fed up with Windows
I like Fedora very much and am extremely impressed with security.
I freaked out when Clamav found a trojan in my mozilla directory only to
see it was the test virus that comes with clamav.
I have a home network here with 2 other computers on it. Both Win 7 machines
We do not share mail service and only share music and videos from this
machine
(fat 4 tera byte hd)
Anyway I think I will let it run for a bit but I'm still not sure I want
it on.
Still have really no need unless viruses start to take hold with linux.
At the very same time once the damage is done by a nasty virus it is too
late.
Some protection is needed, I would think
I put in a backup Win 7 dvd and scanned it
Clam av found 4 on the dvd. Bitdefender for unices found 15
Michael
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