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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: sime on 23 June 2005, 12:37

Title: MS axes Unix anti-virus sales after bagging Sybari
Post by: sime on 23 June 2005, 12:37

Surprise, Surprise!

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/06/22/ms_sybari/

Later

Sime

Title: Re: MS axes Unix anti-virus sales after bagging Sybari
Post by: Refalm on 23 June 2005, 12:59

Trend Micro (http://www.trendmicro.com) and AntiVir (http://www.antivir.de/) have similar prducts.

Title: Re: MS axes Unix anti-virus sales after bagging Sybari
Post by: WMD on 23 June 2005, 20:26

There's also ClamAV, too.

Title: Re: MS axes Unix anti-virus sales after bagging Sybari
Post by: solemnwarning on 24 June 2005, 00:00

the only av you need to protect a linux box:

Code: [Select]

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "\nScanning for viruses\n";
sleep(30);
print "Done, system is clean\n";

Title: Re: MS axes Unix anti-virus sales after bagging Sybari
Post by: Orethrius on 24 June 2005, 01:41

Quote from: solemnwarning

the only av you need to protect a linux box:

Code: [Select]

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "\nScanning for viruses\n";
sleep(30);
print "Done, system is clean\n";

Only if you enjoy people blaming "that shitty Linux box" for the malware that got inadvertently passed onto Windows boxen because nothing was watching (though I'll admit, the irony in that statement is delicious).