From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Mar 24 19:41:51 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26583ADBF3B for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:41:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ABC011A5 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:41:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 063AFADBF3A; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:41:51 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05EBCADBF39 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:41:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-f182.google.com (mail-ig0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1BE111A3 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:41:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ig0-f182.google.com with SMTP id ig19so1248090igb.0 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 12:41:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=f0mTDsl8QfEjYTVQtzDKIrUzF6mWMGdSv8/mwX1rlHA=; b=B6HuPjnSiUz6dEPC/TSrlLOIV3DWgoMtLQqxeCLVm/M8fiuZUywLE+b6wK5tQweo6V dUr3+iaidNhiDJ8WpYFrSFn1c3q1pfXIMp9uw+RatKIhrRbphKeu0FqRUviIqfGaPgwV ZbsCBTtmhre4PL5z9MHr7SENWKWH9Mx5hgvL18Ra91brLa/CNSwWTdS6JKDCAe9dPItS b0DKlO3qnfIZXF+HeWsz3GjRQZ6hiJTmNFKyBibPH3Bt/00goqoM3oo+UEEhMTMDNotb 3BPT/ZXx6tNFaTs9o9zCSqjbRSo0UAEXsEb4PLDx3VrwXVIa9fnCRGtVsLfJPzj091pN JzKg== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJJAV/TTHU4yZavOfT9lKjUSwoWTp4aOI2i1hKEJXyFq9tVPPwEXZA4JjMaJdo59cQ== X-Received: by 10.50.62.113 with SMTP id x17mr11400513igr.34.1458848504220; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 12:41:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (174-30-194-109.mpls.qwest.net. [174.30.194.109]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id gy3sm11968036igb.7.2016.03.24.12.41.42 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 24 Mar 2016 12:41:42 -0700 (PDT) References: <44909.128.135.52.6.1458829510.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <56F3FA4C.4020707@tundraware.com> <19103.128.135.52.6.1458839363.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu Cc: Tim Daneliuk , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anti-virus for FreeBSD In-reply-to: <19103.128.135.52.6.1458839363.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:41:56 -0500 Message-ID: <86io0bpssb.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:41:51 -0000 Valeri Galtsev writes: > On Thu, March 24, 2016 9:31 am, Tim Daneliuk wrote: >> On 03/24/2016 09:25 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >>> that we scan for viruses attacking something else not on MS products? >>> Are there any? ;-) Not a virus, but the only thing I've seen recently was the KeRanger ransomware distributed after the code repo for the Transmission Bittorrent client was compromised.[1] Ransomware is probably the least threatening of malware out there, since it seems limited in effect and is thwarted by regular backups. Though those facts and my opinion don't mean anything to folks who get stuck with it and have no recent backups. [1]:https://blog.malwarebytes.org/mac/2016/03/first-mac-ransomware-spotted/ -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------