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Re: [LUG] Message about a virus

 

In Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> Clam-AV is a popular one for Linux - however it doesn't do on-demand
> scanning - ie. it only scans from the command-line to scan a file or
> directory and won't scan programs as they get executed.
>
> This is fine for most purposes though - especially if the PC is used as a
> server for Windows clients who may store virus laden files - not that they
> will have any effect on Linux, but at least you can warn them.

There are a number of anti-virus vendors who have a Linux solution.
Most of them are commercial but perhaps one or two are free.

> It might be a good idea to make sure the company you employ to handle your
> email is capable of virus scanning incoming emails for you. Even though
> email bourne viruses are on the decline, it might still help - especially if
> you sometimes use a Win email client to read your email.

+1

There's actually been a huge increase in spam with malware attached to
it in recent months.

> I've no idea about that, but the plural of virus is generally acknowledged
> to be viruses, but see:
>
> http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/latinlearning/f/virusplural.htm
>
> times change.

In the case of computer viruses it used to be the case that the 'good
guys' refered to them as viruses and the 'bad guys' (those who wrote
them) as 'viri'. However, 'virus' refers to a specific kind of
malware, one that isn't seen very often anymore; 'malware' is the most
commonly used term these days.

Martijn.

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