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Message-ID: <037c01c3dc6e$a8d042c0$1214dd80@corp.emc.com> From: exibar at thelair.com (Exibar) Subject: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause > > > Linux in the wild viruses that come to mind: Scalper, Ramen, Lion, > > Simile..... I'm sure there are lots more as well. > > None of those was an e-mail virus. They were worms. An e-mail virus > scanner wouldn't have done any good. correct, but I'm not talking about ONLY catching e-mail viruses, that's not the only reason you install A/V software on your desktop. Worms are more dangerous than e-mail viruses in my eyes, especially if you're blocking all executables from coming in through your mail gateway. Without A/V software you're susseptable to these worms running rampant on your machine and network. Without A/V you'll also have the problem of people clicking on links and inadvertantly downloading a backdoor or a rootkit. A firewall will help, but not prevent this from happening. Exibar
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