I was at Symantec's web site tonight, and saw the latest on the now dangerous worm that is spreading in e-mails. I also did a search of "Linux" It appears that Norton Anti-Virus will scan Linux, but only if they are running at the moment, and on a network in which the scan is innitiated in a "windows" program. Hmmm does anyone know if they have made an antivirus program that is Linux oriented? It would be knice. *S* when Konqueror roams the Kweb and runs across a Krewl worm or virus and Kattaches itself.. I'm just being funny. lots of things I notice start with the letter "K" in Linux.. odd too you would think they would start with the letter "L" 'Coure Lonqueror web browser sound a bit odd and so does LMail.. although the latter sound a bit French "L' Mail" *grin*
Anyway, back on the serious side, if you look at the symantec web site sometime, www.symantec.com and do a search with just "Linux" you will see all sorts of nasty vermin that Linux systems have and can get. Especially those that are set up as the default sets them up. Problem with a lot of newbie Linux users is that they just haven't acquired the skill level as yet to quickly tweak their distribution to protect them in the best possible means.
New idea guys! With each version there exists certain kinds of things you can configure, and set to moderate the threat of malicious outside threats, right? Why not write a "script" that can be copied and pasted and run from withing your own Linux Distribution? Mandrake 8.2 would take a different script than say SuSe, or RedHat 7.2, or Lycoris.. just at the top of each script would be the version for which it was written for. Wouldn't that make a lot of sense for newbies out there????
Just wondering..
Cheers!
Please pass the Fenn Valley Sweet Harvest Riesling ( my personal favorite...Mmmmm *S*)
Anyway, back on the serious side, if you look at the symantec web site sometime, www.symantec.com and do a search with just "Linux" you will see all sorts of nasty vermin that Linux systems have and can get. Especially those that are set up as the default sets them up. Problem with a lot of newbie Linux users is that they just haven't acquired the skill level as yet to quickly tweak their distribution to protect them in the best possible means.
New idea guys! With each version there exists certain kinds of things you can configure, and set to moderate the threat of malicious outside threats, right? Why not write a "script" that can be copied and pasted and run from withing your own Linux Distribution? Mandrake 8.2 would take a different script than say SuSe, or RedHat 7.2, or Lycoris.. just at the top of each script would be the version for which it was written for. Wouldn't that make a lot of sense for newbies out there????
Just wondering..
Cheers!
Please pass the Fenn Valley Sweet Harvest Riesling ( my personal favorite...Mmmmm *S*)
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