[ale] Free, trustworthy, anti-virus software

[krwatson at cc.gatech.edu]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Michael B. Trausch
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 10:29
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] Free, trustworthy, anti-virus software
> 
> On Wed, 2010-07-21 at 08:44 -0400, krwatson at cc.gatech.edu wrote:
> > I work in information security and some of the tools I have are
> > considered malware. Here are a few examples: several of the Foundstone
> > utilites, the Windows password changer which I use to get back into
> > systems where they have lost the password, my ICAR test file, and of
> > course actual malware.
> >
> > I have also had instances where an anti-virus update comes out and
> > they delete utilities that they had no problem with for years and then
> > when the next update comes out they ignore them again. I chalk this up
> > to random false positives. E-Policy Orchestrator (EPO) is the most
> > aggressive offender so far. The first time I installed it resulted in
> > dozens of deleted utilities.
> 
> Wouldn't it be best to keep such utilities on a read-only media, then,
> like a closed, single-session CD-R?
> 
> 	--- Mike
> 

I used to do that but my collection is over 10GB and it changes constantly. I've thought of using a 16GB SDHC card as they can be write protected.

keith