RE: Best AntiVirus for Fedora Core 1

From: Chalonec Roger (Chalonec.Roger_at_pbgc.gov)
Date: 03/31/04

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To: <lsomike@futzin.com>, "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@redhat.com>

    Thanks for the reply.

    My users are very unsophisticated. I would like to be able to scan the
    uploaded file but do not know if ClamAV or another can detect viruses on
    FTPed files, especially if the file is infected with a Windows virus but
    stored on a Fedora server.

    R

    -----Original Message-----
    From: fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com
    [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mike Klinke
    Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:39 AM
    To: For users of Fedora Core releases
    Subject: Re: Best AntiVirus for Fedora Core 1

    On Wednesday 31 March 2004 06:18, Chalonec Roger wrote:
    > I am wondering if I need antivirus. I am using an FTP/SFTP server.
    > Does ClamAV scan uploaded files that are SFTP? Do I need an OS level
    > antivirus? Some have told me that Av is not needed on Linux. I am
    > not planning on running windows stores. A user will send a file to
    > the server with SFTP and a user will retrieve the file via SFTP.
    > However, both users will likely be using windows based systems.
    >
    > Thanks for your time.
    >

    Only you can answer this question. How is your system used and what
    expertise do your users have?

    For example, take the scenario where a Windows user uploads a file
    that has a virus. A couple of month's later another Windows user
    downloads the same file and infects his machine. Will you know, for
    certain, that the cause of the second user's infection was the file
    that was downloaded or will it take another few months and another
    few users getting infected to figure out what's going on?

    Regards, Mike Klinke 

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