Antivirus Software

[Joao Inacio]

I use clamav mostly for email scanning in a small FreeBSD server, and
it works flawlessly, complete with regular auto-updates.
Also, it can be set-up in many different ways other than email
scanning, and there are a few ports that seem quite interesting
(amavis is one of them).


On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:20:10 +1300, Stephen Ward <s.ward at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> 
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João Inácio
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