Re: Anti-virus

["Jeff Mayrand" <jmayrand@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are not viruses per say in unix...  Only trojans ie replaced core
binaries that allow easy access for intruders and worms... Since most
packages are distributed in source it would be difficult for someone to hide
a virus in the code....



-----Original Message-----
From: Alan DeJong <annette@net-link.net>
To: Klug <klug@klug.armintl.com>
Date: Thursday, February 25, 1999 6:58 PM
Subject: Anti-virus


>I was wondering if there were any anti virus programs for linux?  A
>friend of mine was looking for something for his computer, and i thought
>there might have been a norton version for linux, but i cant quite
>remember.
>
>Thanks,
>-Alan
>
>