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Re: In search of a Linux Virus Scanner



On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 01:51:31PM -0400, Theodore Knab wrote:
> What is being done to protect against this ?

apt-get and security.debian.org.  When a new exploit is announced,
security.debian.org almost always has an updated deb available within
a day and this update is announced on the debian-announce list.  To
date, I am not aware of any virus/worm which has exploited
vulnerabilities less than a month or two old, so following
debian-accounce and applying security updates immediately when
they're announced would seem to be a very effective strategy.

> Are there any Linux virus/ worm scanners for Debian?

The only virus scanners I am aware of that run under linux are
designed to scan for Windows viruses in traffic that the linux server
is handling.

-- 
When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists
have already won. - reverius



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