Re: Antivirus Programs for Openbsd

[Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch>]

Dave,

> I've seen recent postings on this list about antivirus programs for 
> Openbsd.
> Do these programs detect viruses that can actually infect Openbsd
> or just viruses that won't affect Openbsd but can be passed on to 
> infect
> other (windows) operating systems?

Personally I have never seen a virus that affects OpenBSD and I doubt 
someone else did :)

The antivirus scanners on OpenBSD protect other systems e.g. when 
acting as a mail gateway, web proxy or fileserver.

- Marc