Re: Freeware Antivirus
From: Chris Berry (compjma_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/27/03
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To: security-basics@securityfocus.com Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:10:07 -0700
>From: Peter Busser <peter@trusteddebian.org>
> > My questiun to the list is what other FREE quality antivirus tools are
>there
> > out there, I'm particularly looking for the end hosts but may as well
> > include other solutions. I always used to recommend CA's InnoculateIT,
> > that is until they started charging for it.
>
>There is clamav, which is a GPLed virus scanner. It is available for Linux,
>maybe it is also available for MS-Windows (it is claimed to be POSIX
>compliant,
>so it should be portable).
>
>I haven't used it as of yet, so I can't really comment on its speed and
>quality.
We're using Clam-AV here. We've only been using it for a few weeks with a
light load, but so far it's been working just fine, easily dealt with the
sobig problem.
Chris Berry
compjma@hotmail.com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates
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