From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 22 9:31:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 247E2152AD for ; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:31:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from proot@iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by iaces.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA03113; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:28:36 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199904221628.LAA03113@iaces.com> Subject: Re: security In-Reply-To: <99042212441700.00227@alfa.local.net> from MDG at "Apr 22, 99 12:07:04 pm" To: albertodegiorgi@iol.it (MDG) Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:28:36 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, MDG said: > Hello list > > Problem . Sometimes I receive email messages with strange unnamed attachments > - even from this list . Since there's no word about any > attachments in the body of these messages I think they may be dangerous , eg. > they might contain some virus . At the moment I haven't got any antivirus > installed on my system . I browsed through the ports and didn't find any ( > except for viruscan , but it's shareware ) . > > Can you suggest me a freeware antivirus software that I can run on my freebsd > 2.2.8 system to check my mail ? Or some alternative solution ? > > Best regards > MDG Could they be NetScapes V-cards? They are just text files that are a glorified signature. -- Love your friends, you'll miss them. --Steve Noonan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message