Re: [SLE] Error on virusscanning

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The Thursday 2005-12-22 at 09:25 -0500, David A. Parker wrote:

> LLLActive@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Are you all using a virus scanner? I do not have one; am I at risk?. I
> > don't want to wake a sleeping dog or beat a dead horse, but do we have
> > viruses in Linux already?
> >
>
> Already? There have been Linux viruses around for a long time. Trojans and
> rootkits are the primary types. Not nearly as many as there are for Windows,
> but they are there.

Neither trojans or rootkits are viri... they are trojans and rootkits.


> > Is the following quote obsolete?
> > "What Viruses? Someone please show me the list. And I want to see
> > "viruses", not buffer overflow exploits, not other bugs in applications.
> > Buffer overflow exploit != virus. How do they get away with this false
> > advertising? You do not treat a vulnerability in a service with
> > anti-virus software. You patch the bug in the software." (Void_Main Jun
> > 18, 2004 5:26 PM http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/8830/)


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Cheers,
Carlos Robinson
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