Antivirus Software

[Stephen Ward]

Clamav.  I use it on a debian file server to avoid windows users sharing 
viruses via the file server.  Details:

user at host: apt-cache show clamav
Package: clamav
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 1320
Maintainer: Stephen Gran <sgran at debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.80-7
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libclamav1 (>= 0.80), 
libcurl3 (>= 7.12.2-1), libgmp3, libidn11 (>= 0.5.2), libssl0.9.7, 
zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1), clamav-base (= 0.80-7), clamav-freshclam | clamav-data
Recommends: arj, unzoo
Suggests: unrar (>= 3.0-1), lha
Filename: pool/universe/c/clamav/clamav_0.80-7_i386.deb
Size: 574656
MD5sum: bb24bbbc08c9d4055c19ce580a839033
Description: Antivirus scanner for Unix
 A GPL'ed virus scanner featuring:
   * scanning into multiple archives (such as .deb and .tar.gz)
   * mutated Aho-Corasic algorithm (very fast scanning)
   * multi-threading, autodetecting the number of CPU's
   * POSIX compliance
 .
 For scanning to work you'll need a virus database. You have 2 alternatives:
  * clamav-freshclam: updates the database  from Internet. This is
    recommended if you have Internet access.
  * clamav-data: for users without Internet. Isn't updated at all once
    it's installed. You can easily create your own updated package from an
    Internet connected computer however, using clamav-getfiles.
Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Origin: Ubuntu

Package: clamav
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 1864
Maintainer: Stephen Gran <sgran at debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.73-2
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libclamav1 (>= 0.73), 
libgmp3, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1), clamav-base (= 0.73-2), clamav-freshclam | 
clamav-data
Recommends: arj, unzoo
Suggests: unrar (>= 3.0-1), lha
Filename: pool/universe/c/clamav/clamav_0.73-2_i386.deb
Size: 852490
MD5sum: 5798cfc22a32df356ab75d275e0d1836
Description: Antivirus scanner for Unix
 A GPL'ed virus scanner featuring:
   * scanning into multiple archives (such as .deb and .tar.gz)
   * mutated Aho-Corasic algorithm (very fast scanning)
   * multi-threading, autodetecting the number of CPU's
   * POSIX compliance
 .
 For scanning to work you'll need a virus database. You have 2 alternatives:
  * clamav-freshclam: updates the database  from Internet. This is
    recommended if you have Internet access.
  * clamav-data: for users without Internet. Isn't updated at all once
    its installed. You can easily create your own updated package from an
    Internet connected computer however, using clamav-getfiles.
Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Origin: Ubuntu



Ben Edwards wrote:

>I have put someone I know who sells hardware onto Ubuntu.  They are
>very interesting on suplying pre-configured systems (They recon they
>can do a basic system for £399 inc VAT with a TFT screen).
>
>Anyway today I got an email from them asking about antivirus software.
> I was just going to reply saying you dont need to worry about it. 
>However there are a few viruses for linux and it would be good to have
>a long term solution so what shall I tell him?  Something that would
>not only stop Linux but also Windows viruses would be ideal - idealy
>free like AGV.
>
>Ben
>  
>