Re: anti-virus recommendations

From: Nobody Special (NobodySpecial_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:07:37 -0600

Keith Clark wrote:
>
> Nobody Special wrote:
>
>
>>Jacob Tranholm wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Howard J. Rogers wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Anyone have any comments on, for example, BitDefender AV for Linux
>>>>Console?
>>>>Is it a good product? It seems to be doing the job for me, but I get a
>>>>bit
>>>>nervous when I see Romania and 'Copyright' and '2003' all mentioned in
>>>>the
>>>>one README. On the other hand, it was free (as in beer).
>>>>
>>>>Any other recommendations (that don't involve a cash outlay)?
>>>>
>>>>Am I wasting my time with an AV package at all? My concern was not
>>>>that my
>>>>Linux PC would itself be harmed by a virus, but that it could become a
>>>>reservoir of infection for the Windows PC to which it is still networked.
>>>>But I think I am just getting paranoid, and that's a technical no-no. But
>>>>still...
>>>>
>>>>Regards
>>>>HJR
>>>
>>>
>>>You should try Clam AntiVirus (http://www.clamav.net/)... In my opinion
>>>it is the best antivirus-software available for Linux at the moment.
>>
>>I've had excellent luck with ClamAV so far too... Also using Amavis and
>>SpamAssassin in the loop.
>>
>>Between that setup all the tests at TestVirus.org only let through about
>>2 of the tests without any configuring.
>>
>>Vince
>
>
> How vulerable *is* Linux to viruses? Are there many *nix viruses in the wild? Or
> are we more at risk from script kiddies?
>
In my case i'm not running the virusscan to protect myself in Linux, I
run Mail servers for Window's machines.

There is more to the situation for alot of users than just the one local
workstation.

Vince

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