On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:18:57 +0100
"Dirk Heinrichs" <dirk.heinrichs@(protected):
> Am Donnerstag, 27. März 2008 schrieb Florian Philipp:
>
> > Is it really necessary to run an anti-virus on linux? I just want
> > to hear some opinions on that topic because I thought security
> > fixes for your software are the way to go for fighting virae on
> > linux.
>
> The main purpose is to remove virae from _Windows_ drives. You boot
> from a Linux LiveCD, like german c't magazin's "Knoppicillin",
> mount your NTFS partition(s) and clean them.
>

Or to catch & remove a virus before it reaches the Windows machines -
say with a Linux file or email server on a network w/ Windows
machines.


Conway S. Smith
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