[Gllug] [Off-Topic] BIOS questions

[Chris Hunter]

Andy Smith wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 05:12:52AM +0000, Emon wrote:
>>  If so, then is there
>> any point in keeping this virus guard enabled?, will it be able
>> to detect new viruses?
> 
> Don't those things just complain about *any* modification to boot
> sectors, as opposed to having any list of virus definitions?

You're right.  They just look at the boot sector.

Emon:  Don't worry about viruses in the Linux world - there aren't any 
of significance (and the ones that DO exist don't actually "work").  The 
only time you need virus scanning in Linux is when you're serving files 
to Windows machines.  Welcome to the world of much safer computing!

Chris


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