Re: antivirus for linux

[Ranjeet Shetye <ranjeet.shetye2 () zultys com>]

Open-source: Clam-AV

http://clamav.sourceforge.net/

"Clam AntiVirus is a GPL anti-virus toolkit for UNIX. The main purpose
of this software is the integration with mail servers (attachment
scanning). The package provides a flexible and scalable multi-threaded
daemon, a command line scanner, and a tool for automatic updating via
Internet. The programs are based on a shared library distributed with the
Clam AntiVirus package, which you can use with your own software. Most
importantly, the virus database is kept up to date."

clamscan -i -r / - scans the entire tree, showing only infected files.

freshclam - refreshes the database.

HTH

* Iain Thomson (Iain_Thomson () vnu co uk) wrote:
> Network Associates has a Linux server AV package and Symantec are bringing
> one out 'this year'. Don't know what's out there for personal users.
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> Hello guys
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> I'm kinda new to linux, and getting more and more worried about security. I
> was wondering: is it necessary for me to have an anti-virus application? If
> so, is it a "live scanner", like the ones I know for windows?
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> Do you recommend using an anti-virus software? If so, which?
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> Moreover, I have a linux firewall. Is there any way for me to detect virus
> activity trying either to break into a computer (like Sasser or others like
> it) or to detect incoming mail with virus? Note: my firewall isn't my mail
> server. I was wondering if it could sniff connections to pop mail servers
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> detect virus code.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Bruno Reis
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