Thunderbird + Antivirus

[Alex Mandel]

I think the bigger concern is accidentally forwarding a virus to other 
users on different OS. I know several people who had to put Anti virus 
on their Macs for this reason.

Alex
Mehdi Hassanpour wrote:
> Your right, NO worry about the viruses/worms and other malwares on linux 
> yet... but I would like to keep my data free from malwares
> 
> I just saw a feature in new Thunderbird 1.5RC1 for protecting mails 
> against viruses but I can just Tick & untick that. I don't know if this 
> feature is just for TB under windows or can be used under linux also, 
> and how should I integrate my installed AV with TB ?
> 
> any help ?
> 
> 
> On 11/13/05, *john levin* <john at technolalia.org 
> <mailto:john at technolalia.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     Mehdi Hassanpour wrote:
>      > Hey all,
>      >
>      > Does any one know a solution to have pop3 emails get on ubuntu
>     machine
>      > with Thunderbird checked by an Antivirus software ?
>      > I get many emails and the ISP provider does not virus check them ;(
>      >
>      >
> 
>     Broadly speaking, you don't have to worry about viruses on linux.
>     However, there is a GPL anti-virus scanner called 'ClamAV', installable
>     from Synaptic.
> 
>     Not sure how well it works with Thunderbird; there is a plugin-in for
>     Sylpheed-Claws email client.
> 
>     Hope this helps
> 
>     John
> 
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