[NMLUG] Virus susceptibility?

[lpotts at swcp.com (Leila Potts)]

I'm not familiar with Sophos' particular anti-virus product, but from 
looking at their website I believe their linux software catches Windows 
virii, not linux virii.  Such is the case with most linux anti-virus 
software I've seen and is necessary when using a linux mail server with 
Windows workstations.

It's not indicative of any linux virii being a threat, it just means that 
there needs to be something that will run on linux to prevent Windows boxes 
from infection.

Leila

Steve Browne <sbrowne@ix.netcom.com> said:

> I see Sophos publishes anti-virus software for Linux. I assume they
> wouldn't do that unless there really are viruses affecting Linux. Has
> anyone here had any illuminating experiences on this?
> 
> Steve
> Stephen B. Browne
> sbrowne@ix.netcom.com
> "Ubi bene, ibi patria."