OT Windows AV running under Linux

Hi

I dual boot my PC Windows XP/Mandrake Linux.

Does anybody know of any antivirus software which runs under Linux but
will scan my Windows XP partition for Windows viruses.

TIA

Paul

In comp.os.linux.security Curiosity <Curiosity@most_things.com>:
> Hi

> I dual boot my PC Windows XP/Mandrake Linux.

> Does anybody know of any antivirus software which runs under Linux but
> will scan my Windows XP partition for Windows viruses.

Dozens, made for Linux MTA/file server with doze clients behind
needing protection, most are iirc commercial, though you may find
some free (searching freshmeat.net). Simply tossing doze saves
you wasting your time with all the stuff.

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Curiosity wrote:

> Hi
>
> I dual boot my PC Windows XP/Mandrake Linux.
>
> Does anybody know of any antivirus software which runs under Linux but
> will scan my Windows XP partition for Windows viruses.
>
urpmi clamav
urpmi clamd

Then run clamscan or clamdscan at regular intervals across your windows
partitions. However, if you want to remove viruses from a ntfs partition,
your best bet is a knopicillin cd with the commercial paragon ntfs driver
in r/w mode - this cd also includes fprot, sophos and kaspersky commandline
scanners running on linux for disinfecting windows partitions.
You can then also install the samba-vscan vfs module to do an on-access-scan
of your samba fileshares.

There is also a (free for private use) f-prot for linux with automatic
updates.
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On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:53:38 +0100, Curiosity wrote:

> Does anybody know of any antivirus software which runs under Linux but
> will scan my Windows XP partition for Windows viruses.
>

http://www.clamav.net/

:D

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On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:38:19 +0200, Jafar As-Sadiq Calley
<nooo@nospam.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:53:38 +0100, Curiosity wrote:
>
>> Does anybody know of any antivirus software which runs under Linux but
>> will scan my Windows XP partition for Windows viruses.
>>
>
>http://www.clamav.net/
>
>:D
Thanks all for the advise

Paul

Curiosity wrote:
> Hi
>
> I dual boot my PC Windows XP/Mandrake Linux.
>
> Does anybody know of any antivirus software which runs under Linux but
> will scan my Windows XP partition for Windows viruses.
>
> TIA
>
> Paul

I've used bitdefender for a long while and it did scan my Windows
partition. Take a look at it and write me back your opinion on it :)

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On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:38:19 +0200, Jafar As-Sadiq Calley wrote:
....
> http://www.clamav.net/
>
> :D

Yeah, I ran ClamAV on my system, and the only virus it found was on my
WindowsXP hard disk partition-- a virus that was in the folder of a cheap
$10 game I had recently installed (some F-16 fighter jet game in a jewel
case I bought at best buy). Amazing, people worry about open source and
md5 checksums for worm-free linux software, and the virus on my system was
on the WinXP partition. My linux system was clean.

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