Words by Mark Eggers [Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 11:09:49AM -0700]: > On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 10:05, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 17:10:49 +0100 (BST) > > From: Jonathan Allen <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Anti-Virus SoftwareAnti-Virus Software ? > > > What anti-virus software would you recommend for running on an FC2 > > machine ? There are no windows machines in the network, only Linux > > workstations, also all running FC2. > > > > Jonathan > > Jonathan, > > A quick Google shows at least two commercial and one freely available > product. > > Central Command makes Vexira for servers ($349.95) and Vexira for > workstations ($34.95). I don't know the difference between the two, and > the marketing blurb doesn't really say. > > F-Prot makes antivirus software for mail servers, file servers, and > workstations. Again, I'm not sure I see the difference between the > versions. The pricing for a server is $399, and the pricing for a > workstation is from $29. Mail servers are licensed by number of users. > > Clamav is a freely available antivirus package from www.clamav.net. > There is commercial support as well. > > I use clamav. I run freshclam in the background with the defaults > (checks for database updates every two hours). There are filters > available for mail, files, and periodic scans. > > I've had clamav flag incoming mail message as viruses. I periodically > scan my download directory. I also scan anything I download before > using it (even after checking the cryptographic signature). > > This seems to be a pretty reasonable approach. > ClamAV rocks. Use it. -- Jose Celestino | http://xpto.org/~japc/files/japc-pgpkey.asc ---------------------------------------------------------------- "...the law, cold and aloof by its very nature, has no access to the passions that might justify the cruel act of murder." -- SADE
