basic - continued

[Christopher Chan]

On Monday, February 08, 2010 03:07 PM, Michael Haney wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:48 AM, Christopher Chan
> <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk>  wrote:
>> On Monday, February 08, 2010 01:01 PM, Michael Haney wrote:
>>> For Windows is use AVAST Free Antivirus.  Its really good, the updates
>>> are free and its not a system resource hog like Norton and not as
>>> buggy as McAfee.
>>
>> Useless. No scan on read/write. It is just a scanner.
>>
>
> Don't get the AVAST! Virus Cleaner mixed up with their anti-virus
> software.  It does have an on-access scanner.  I'm using AVAST on my
> Windows Vista laptop right now.  Or, are you talking about the Linux
> version being just a scanner?

Oops, that rang as AVG in my head. So Avast has a free antivirus.


>
>>
>>>
>>> There is a Linux version.  I'm thinking about trying it out.
>>>
>>
>> Hmm...me wonders how it compares to clamav
>>
>
> Depends, how much effort is put into keeping ClamAV's virus
> definitions up-to-date?  AVAST updates automatically several times a
> week, and sometimes several times a day.
>

Well, that really depends on the samples being or not being sent in...