ClamAv: is anyone paying attention?

[Michael T. Richter]

On Mon, 2006-20-11 at 17:09 -0300, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote:

> > What do you think a /specifically Linux/ anti-virus program should actually
> > *do* ? It's an interesting question...



> Filter on the known Linux virus, and OO macros.


So....

It should do absolutely nothing?  Cool!

Here's my anti-virus program written custom for you:


        #include <stdio.h>
        int main(int argc, char** argv)
        {
            printf("System scanned.  No viruses detected.  Thank you for
        using MichaelCorp Linux Virus Scanner.\n");
        }


I think at some point you're going to have to start listening to what
people tell you: there are, currently, zero Linux viruses.  Demanding
that a program scan for Linux viruses is like demanding that it scan for
WMDs in Iraq: pointless.

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