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OpenAntiVirus Project Founders Interviewed

Posted by timothy on Monday November 4, 2002 @07:52AM from the stomping-viruses dept.

sheriff_p writes "Rainer Link and Kurt Huwig started the OpenAntiVirus project two years ago. In this interview with Virus Bulletin, they talk about ongoing projects, the advantages of having an open-source anti-virus product, and defend their choice of Java for the main scanning engine."

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Questions, Questions, Questions... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-11-04 10:55 · Score: 2, Informative

Does Linux even need a virus scanner? Will it need one if it gets more popular? How many virus scanners are there for Linux?

Is it a good idea to have an open-source virus scanner? Won't the virus writers then know how it works and write their viruses to avoid it? (They didn't address virus writers taking advantage of the source code.)