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Old 06-06-2005, 05:46 AM   #1 (permalink)
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i was transfering a file from my windows machine to my slackware box and when i was browsing through the slackware folders my anti-virus detected a virus. what should i use to scan the slackware machine? are viruses written specifically for a certain os?
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Yeah, a Windows virus won't hurt a Linux computer I don't think. If the virus was on your Windows PC then it shouldn't damage Slackware.
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