Virus Scanner

[Matthew Voss]

I dual boot but am looking for a good virus scanner for my linux hard drive.
I found agies but I do not know how good it is.I am using Fiesty.
Goo

On 6/26/07, NoOp <glgxg at mfire.com> wrote:
>
> On 06/26/2007 05:33 PM, Matthew Voss wrote:
> > What is a M$ operating system? Is it Microsoft? I thought they were less
> > secure!?
> > Goo
> >
> > On 6/26/07, NoOp <glgxg at mfire.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 06/26/2007 05:15 PM, Matthew Voss wrote:
> >> > Does anybody know a good virus scanner?
> >> > Goo
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> Yes... any M$ operating system :-)
>
> My apologies... it's been a long day and that was an attempt at humour :-)
>
> The issue of virus scanners has been hashed out on this list many times;
> none of which seem to provide any definitive answers. My suggestion is
> that you open the Synaptic Package Manager and search on 'antivirus' or
> 'virus'. There you will find primarily clamv and f-prot. Your best bet
> is probably clamv... I use F-Protect on clients windows systems
> (including servers) but when I tested on Ubutuntu I wasn't overly
> impressed; they may have clean up the interface now, so it can't hurt to
> give that a try as well.
>
> I guess the real question is why you are looking to install a virus
> scanner on your system. Do you have a dual boot system with Windows? Are
> you transfering files back and forth with a Windows system via Samba
> etc? Are you running an email server, etc? It would be helpful if you
> gave folks here an idea what/why/where and which system you are running
> (Dapper, Edgy, Feisty, Gutsy).
>
>
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