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Unix, Xenix and ODT General FAQ

Are there any antivirus programs for Sco Unix/OpenServer?

Shane Gibson posted the following a while ago:

>> 
>> The reason you have not found little to nothing, is that there are no
>> viruses that can attack a Unix box.
>> 
>
>Actually, that's not entirely accurate.  There are VERY few known
>Unix Viri, but they are so few and so (relatively) harmless, that
>there is essentially, no real threatening viri for Unix.

You can find some antivirus packages (or packages which 
'scan' the datastream on an Unix Internet server looking for
known DOS/Widows viruses) here:

        Dr Solomon Antivirus for Unix
        McAfee (http://www.mcafee.com)
        AMAVIS (http://satan.oih.rwth-aachen.de/AMaViS/amavis.html)
        Interscan VirusWall (http://www.datatel-systems.com/virus.htm)
(http://www.avertlabs.com/tvdbeta/unix/download.ht)
        Sophos AntiVirus (http://www.sophos.com)
        DataFellows (http://www.datafellows.com)

You can also check for a boot-sector virus by making use of
the following script, kindly posted by Jeff Liebermann:

:
# @(#) bvchk    Ver 1.05        Checks for boot sector virus.
# 03/16/93 by Steve Post  (spost@redwood.boulder-creek.ca.us)
# 02/14/93 tweaks and cleanup  (jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us)
# 
# Check hard disk boot block against stored image
# Must be root to read raw hard disk
# Boot block is 376 bytes in all versions of Xenix and SCO Unix.
#
if [ ! -r /etc/masterboot ]
then
  echo "$0:  Error.  You must be root to read /etc/masterboot and boot
record."
  exit
fi

echo "$0: Now comparing  /dev/rhd00  boot record with  /etc/masterboot"
if ( dd if=/dev/rhd00 bs=376 count=1 | /bin/cmp - /etc/masterboot )
2>/dev/null 
then
  echo "$0: Looks OK.  You're safe."
else
  echo "$0: Boot record has been changed.  You probably have a virus"
fi
 

Roberto Zini

Also see Kevin Smith's scanmail for MMDF

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