Last update 25-Oct-2001

 

MBSE BBS Setup - virus scanners

Once upon a time there was no DOS and no computer virusses. But since DOS was invented as a small OS which was easily extensible, virus writers saw their chance to easy spread their hacks. Although running a Linux system is relative safe, most of the files that you have available on your bbs are DOS based programs. And before you put them available for download, they should be checked for virusses. Macro virusses are a relative new danger, this can also hurt Unix/Linux users.

There are several scanners for Linux available. Default only two of them are setup. You may consult http://www.openantivirus.org for more scanners mentioned in a mini-FAQ maintained by Rainer Link.

The following scanners are default installed in the setup but disabled for use:

As soon as you have made a scanner available in the setup and you receive files in tic areas where the scan flag is set, then these files will be checked. As soon as one of the scanners detects a virus the received file will not be imported. Uploads from users will be checked with the installed virus scanners as well.

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