On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 08:26 -0400, Ed Tomlinson wrote: > On Saturday 23 April 2005 05:15, DR GAVIN SEDDON wrote: > > Hi, > > As I understand there are no viruses for Linux. Can 'we' be carriers, > > why not, and is it worth buying software to detect and clean the hdd? I > > am asking this because I have just opened a suspect email and I don't > > want to pass anything on to a pc user. > > Cheers. > > You can pass a virus on if you forward it to a windows user... As to buying Well, I didn't know that. Doesn't "forwarding" not send attachments? > a virus checker, I would say no. The are several free ones for linux. I think > clamav for debian is available. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. Tatoo in haste, regret in leisure.
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