RE: Best AntiVirus for Fedora Core 1

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

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    Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:13:03 -0500
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    Do you know if it detects Windows viruses?

    -----Original Message-----
    From: fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com
    [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Steven Stern
    Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:47 AM
    To: For users of Fedora Core releases
    Subject: Re: Best AntiVirus for Fedora Core 1

    On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:18:31 -0500, "Chalonec Roger"
    <Chalonec.Roger@pbgc.gov>
    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.
    >

    It seems to me that anything you can do to make it hard to spread
    viruses on your network will have a payoff. It may not help you, the
    *nix admin, but it will help the people using your server.

    I'm using ClamAV on my little mail server. You can install ClamAV and
    have it manually scan the system (or selected directories) on a regular
    basis, write a script to scan files as soon as the SFTP completes, or
    use the "clamuko" module to have real-time background scanning running
    in those directories.

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       Steve
       
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