[wellylug] email virus scanners

[Jethro Carr]

On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 19:22 +1300, Mark Foster wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Jethro Carr wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2006-12-27 at 18:21 -0800, Brent Wood wrote:
> >> For your purposes, as Jethro suggests, there is probably no real neeed for a
> >> virus scanner. However, using the "nice neighbour" approach to computing it is
> >> probably a good idea to still have a virus filter so at least you don't
> >> propagate Windows viruses to those unfortunate enough to still be vulnerable to
> >>
> >> them :-)
> >>
> >> Most Linux virus filters will detect Windows viruses in emails & allow you to
> >> dispose of them, instead of perhaps forwarding them.
> >>
> >> Being the cause of a virus in a friend's PC is not a nice thing to do, even if
> >> your system isn't vulnerable to them.
> >
> > although I would say it serves them right for using windoze. :-P
> >
> >
> > It's really up to you - Most ISPs filter emails for viruses these days
> > so it's unlikely you will get sent one. And anyone on Windows should
> > have anti-virus installed to protect themselves anyway.
> 
> As a matter of interest how regularly do people get viruses via email 
> these days?
> 
> Dunno about you lot but they're far from the biggest email problem that I 
> see these days.
> 
> And I don't run antivirus on either my MTA or my desktops (be they windows 
> or not).  Only time i've been caught out in years is when I let someone 
> else use my PC!!

I have never received an email virus that I am aware of.


Possibly some image spam may contain viruses, but I don't get much of
that (I love Spamassassin). :-)


-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?page=cv/cv.php
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