[Sunhelp] Virus protection in Solaris

Richard richard at close.u-net.com
Tue Aug 22 16:54:24 CDT 2000


> Naser Ali wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> Do you know if there is virus protection on the Sun Solaris platform?
> I know Norton has an "AntiVirus" product for Solaris, but can it be
> installed on the Solaris..?

 Has anyone come across a virus on Solaris, or any other type of Unix?
I certainly have never heard of one. I suppose the way Unix is organised
and the fact that security is taken seriously and buit in means that
people choose much easier prey like the trash sold by Microshaft. Not
that I am biased in any way!

 Richard.





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