Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:41:56 -0500 From: Brandon J. Wandersee <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> To: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu Cc: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anti-virus for FreeBSD Message-ID: <86io0bpssb.fsf@WorkBox.Home> In-Reply-To: <19103.128.135.52.6.1458839363.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> References: <wu74mbwz4ah.fsf@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <44909.128.135.52.6.1458829510.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <56F3FA4C.4020707@tundraware.com> <19103.128.135.52.6.1458839363.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu>
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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 ----------------------------------
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