From: Aryeh Goretsky (goretsky_at_adelphia.net)
Date: Mon Oct 14 2002 - 00:34:30 EDT
Hello,
You are correct, Lee. A virus would not be able to execute under OS/2,
but it could be transferred to a system where it later could be executed.
Generally speaking, if a Windows (Mac, Linux, OS/2) client can access
a files on a server, the anti-virus software installed on the client
should be able to check those files as well. This is actually more an
issue of file permissions and ownership than one of operating systems.
Many anti-virus program developers provide some way of testing their
software using a "dummy" file which generates a false positive report.
One example of this is the EICAR anti-virus test file, which you can
read about at
http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
It's a 68-bye long text file that many anti-virus programs report as
a real virus in order to allow you to test that your software is
working. EICAR is a vendor-neutral trade group headquartered in
Germany.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
At 04:57 PM 10/13/2002 -0700, Lee Laniear wrote:
>I have generally assumed that a virus could sit on my OS/2 systems (like
>this one) and not affect it's operation.
>I have also assumed that running anti anti-virus program on my windoze
>systems which also connect to my
>Warp Server could find and handle a virus on the server. When I have run
>it it "seems" to be looking through
>the server drives just as it does my NT and 2000 drives. I have never
>found a virus on the OS/2 systems, but
>I haven't found one on the windoze systems either.
>
>My question is whether my assumption is correct that an anti-virus program
>running in windows can actually
>find a virus on an OS/2 (HPFS) server.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Lee
>
>
>"Anything worth doing is worth doing for money."
>13th Ferengi Rule of Acquisition
>
>Lee Laniear
>laniear_at_cwo.com OR
>laniear_at_alum.mit.edu
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