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Tasmanian Dept. of Education Wants Anti-Virus for Linux, OS X

Posted by timothy on from the belt-and-suspenders-and-pants-full-of-glue dept.

An anonymous reader writes "One of Australia's largest government technology buyers, the Tasmanian Department of Education, has gone to market for a security vendor to supply anti-virus software for its 40,000-odd desktop PCs and laptops, as well as servers. But the department's not just running Windows — it runs Mac OS X and Linux as well, and has requested that whatever solution it buys must be able to run on those platforms as well. But have we reached the stage were Mac OS X and Linux even need third-party security software? It seems like most Mac and Linux users don't run it."

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  1. cross platform virus scanner for linux and mac by Gunstick · · Score: 5, Funny

    #!/bin/sh
    echo "stating scan..."
    n=`find / -type f | wc -l`
    echo "scan completed of $n files"
    exit 0

    --
    Atari rules... ermm... ruled.
    1. Re:cross platform virus scanner for linux and mac by Delgul · · Score: 5, Funny

      For manager types you need to include "Your computer is safe" somewhere along the line ;-)

    2. Re:cross platform virus scanner for linux and mac by martin-boundary · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's normal behaviour, sir. Those are harder files to scan, which is why they must be scanned multiple times. Have a good day.

  2. Re:Whassa problem? by J.J.+Dane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, if some friendly Russian kindly allows me to download an Adobe suite or a new game from his website it's only polite that I let him use my box to send a few e-mails or whatever when I'm not using it

  3. Re:Last Resort by Ihmhi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Linux was created by the finest minds of the last thousand years - truly, men among men. They jacked their brains into the cyberspace, navigating neon green 3-D cities and running their own virtual construction company for ten years to build the Linux kernel. Only after it was finished did they convert it to more mundane code so that the lesser men of the world may bask in its glory.

    I don't know what's more disheartening, the fact that someone believes they can create a virus that can melt cyberspace steel, or the fact that there are companies that are scamming their customers with unnecessary products~!

    --
    Random Thoughts From A Diseased Mind (Not For Dummies)
  4. Re:Passing on Viruses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Linux users fled to the hills six months ago with as much fuel, food and porn as they could carry.

    Not only that, but in that six months, they've managed to find 6 completely different methods to cure the zombie virus, all of which are tied up in arguments over:
    1) how stupid the name sounds
    or
    2) how "free" the license is.