Re: antivirus for linux

From: Wolf, Tomas (tomas_at_skip.cz)
Date: 07/17/04

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To: Bruno França dos Reis <brunoreis@terra.com.br>

    Hello,

      I have a good experience with an anti-virus software for Linux and
    Windows platforms. It is Grisoft's AVG 7.0; which is made for several
    purposes (smb servers, desktops, e-mail gateways, etc.).
      I have also made small test of Sophos, F-Prot, Norton and AVG; I was
    looking at performance / ease of use / readiness out-of-the-box /
    updates / real-time-scan / virus detection. While some were in my test
    (four PCs) once up and once down (Sophos had best detection / worst
    impact on performance) AVG had always steady, good results. It was best
    in default settings, ease of use and had lowest performance impact.
      My colleague, on the other hand, uses Kaspersky and says that the
    performance impact is minimal and the detection is great.

      The experiments made me realize something... All of them (as
    everything) have their strengths and weaknesses. One has to evaluate the
    trade off.

    Best regards,
      Tomas Wolf

    Bruno França dos Reis wrote:

    > Hello guys
    >
    > I'm kinda new to linux, and getting more and more worried about security. I
    > was wondering: is it necessary for me to have an anti-virus application? If
    > so, is it a "live scanner", like the ones I know for windows?
    >
    > Do you recommend using an anti-virus software? If so, which?
    >
    > Moreover, I have a linux firewall. Is there any way for me to detect virus
    > activity trying either to break into a computer (like Sasser or others like
    > it) or to detect incoming mail with virus? Note: my firewall isn't my mail
    > server. I was wondering if it could sniff connections to pop mail servers and
    > detect virus code.
    >
    > Thanks in advance.
    >
    > Bruno Reis
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