Re: Getting rid of worms and viruses
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 12:43:56AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> This is driving me nuts, and certainly proves that Windows viruses can
> be very harmful to Linux users, even if they can't replicate on Linux.
> What do I need to take care of this (i.e., automatically delete the
> junk)? In particular, will anti-spam software (e.g., spamassassin)
> take it out, or do I need anti-virus software (e.g., amavis)?
Well, once spamassassin learns the viruses, it'll detect it as spam.
This is extremely desirable: It gives you the opportunity to go romp
through headers and report them to the originating ISPs.
Idiot-hostile ISPs like NTL, dsl-only, and xprt.net (rightfully)
terminate customer contracts for such activity.
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.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
: :' :
`. `'` proud Debian admin and user
`- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system
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