From: Aryeh Goretsky (goretsky_at_adelphia.net)
Date: Mon Oct 14 2002 - 13:12:23 EDT
Hello,
Glad to be of assistance.
In a networked environment, it is all a matter of access rights and
file permissions.
Many anti-virus vendors do offer a version of their software for OS/2.
The problem is the information is usually tucked away deep on their
web site.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
At 09:56 PM 10/13/2002 -0700, Lee Laniear wrote:
>Thanks for the info,
>
>It seemed logical that being able to "see" files would also allow "seeing"
>a virus, but I have learned that things
>relating to computers are not always logical (at least seemingly so). I
>would feel better if there were a current
>OS/2 anti-viirus program. Of course, like most of the world (except
>Europe) OS/2 is fading away in my lab.
>
>BTW, one nit to pick, someone earlier said that OS/2 came out ten years
>ago. Actually it came out fourteen
>years ago this month. I was one of the people who paid about $300 for
>release 1.0 Standard Edition (what a
>disappointment) and about $500 for Extended Edition the following
>January. There were versions 1.1 and 1.3
>through 1991 and then the first "reasonable" version (2.0) came in
>1992. Then, of course, IBM demonstrated
>it's marketing prowess through several feckless marketing campaigns. They
>thought that the fact (and it was
>a fact then) that OS/2 was technically better than windows 3.1 meant that
>they would "win". I kept reminding
>them that the technically superior Betamax wasn't dominating the home VCR
>market.
>
>Lee
>
>
>On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:34:30 -0600, Aryeh Goretsky wrote:
>
> >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
> >
>
>"Sometimes what you get free costs entirely too much".
>218th Ferengi Rule of Acquisition
>
>Lee Laniear
>laniear_at_cwo.com OR
>laniear_at_alum.mit.edu
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