[Gllug] Virus Sweepers - Avamis

John Clement jec at digital-science.net
Fri Jul 6 10:48:54 UTC 2001


My other half has expressed a positive interest in using linux (she's at uni 
doing maths / computing) and thinks she should know some Unix, I guess there 
is hope in the world after all!!

JC

On Thursday 05 July 2001 16:40, you wrote:
> My other half won't use linux, I'm trying to confince her. So I have to
> have a windows machine, plus the laptop from work.
>
> I am also setting up IMAP so I (and her) can access mail from her parents
> house via dialup. I darn't put linux on there, they can only just
> understand clicking on the little piccys on screen.
>
> Alastair
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	John Clement [SMTP:jec at digital-science.net]
> > Sent:	Thursday, July 05, 2001 4:33 PM
> > To:	gllug at linux.co.uk
> > Subject:	Re: [Gllug] Virus Sweepers - Avamis
> >
> > Well,
> >
> > actually I asked a similar question, more general in nature though a few
> > weeks ago and got laughed at......
> >
> > How are you going to get infected on your linux box?  Are you actually
> > going
> > to open up those suspicious looking email attachments???
> >
> > Course, they might have been taking the peas but it does make sense.
> >
> >
> > JC
> >
> > On Thursday 05 July 2001 15:35, you wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am looknig into implenting Avamis virus sweeper at home, having read
> >
> > the
> >
> > > into docs last night am I right in thinking that you need and external
> > > package to do the actual sweep (such as Sophos). Avamis just provides a
> > > path for the mail to travel through.
> > >
> > > If I'm right, what virus packages do people use?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Alastair
> >
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