Re: Antivirus

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 13:19:23 +0000, Edgar Bompani wrote:

> Hello!
> Linux is a "almost virus-free" o.s. :-)) But for our security a good
> antivirus scanner (for console only) is BitDefender, free, at
>
> http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/products.php?p_id=16
>
> for most Linux distros.
> Bye.
> Edgar

Have you installed that on a Debian system?
Does not install on Woody and Sid!
Same with the not free Scanner for mail server from same company.
And with the uvscan from McAfee also.
f-prot works, but the scan-mail.pl is buggy.

Do you have other ideas?

Tom

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 14:09:10 +0200, Thomas Schöpfer wrote:
>> for most Linux distros.
>
> Have you installed that on a Debian system?

He said "for most Linux distros." When software is distributed in
binary form, you can't guarantee it will work everywhere. Another
significant advantage of free / open source software!

> Do you have other ideas?

Why do you think you need antivirus software on Linux?
http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/inde...ge=virus#virus
The only legitimate use for antivirus software on a Unix-like OS is to
protect *other* machines.
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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 08:08:57 -0500, /dev/rob0 wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 14:09:10 +0200, Thomas Schöpfer wrote:
....
> Why do you think you need antivirus software on Linux?
> http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/inde...ge=virus#virus
> The only legitimate use for antivirus software on a Unix-like OS is to
> protect *other* machines.

Yes, therefore i need a antivirus software.

The only opensource antivirus software i had a
look at was "clam". But search results are not good.

In most cases, i use TrendMicro. But for some cases,
this license is too expensive.

"Thomas Schöpfer" <news@tmx.ch> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.04.25.16.47.39.397719@tmx.ch...
> > The only legitimate use for antivirus software on a Unix-like OS is to
> > protect *other* machines.
>
> Yes, therefore i need a antivirus software.
>
> The only opensource antivirus software i had a
> look at was "clam". But search results are not good.
>
> In most cases, i use TrendMicro. But for some cases,
> this license is too expensive.


I use mcafee command line scanner for Unix (on Linux) works after a little
tweeking with the shared lib used by uvscan.

I also use f-prot http://www.f-prot.com for Linux (perl based if I remember
correctly)

Benno

Thomas Schöpfer wrote:
>
> Yes, therefore i need a antivirus software.
>
> The only opensource antivirus software i had a
> look at was "clam". But search results are not good.
>
> In most cases, i use TrendMicro. But for some cases,
> this license is too expensive.

You might take a look at "MailScanner". It may not be what your
looking for but it is GPL'd and worth a look.

http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/

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>> Do you have other ideas?
>
>Why do you think you need antivirus software on Linux?
> http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/inde...ge=virus#virus
>The only legitimate use for antivirus software on a Unix-like OS is to
>protect *other* machines.

I guess the equivalent of AV on linux is using chrootkit and tripwire.

If it's a workstation just go through and disable services and then add
firewalling via iptables or whatever. You'll have none of that nasty RPC DCOM
crap running like on windoze. But rootkits and trojans are your main enemy,
just watch your downloads. Just like you don't eat stuff you find laying on
the street outside, you should be cautious about dubious software from dubious
sources.

Michael