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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:24:14 -0500
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com

I use f-prot. Works pretty well for me. It is not a realtime scanner
however. I have a cron job set up to scan my machine at given
intervals.

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:48:13 -0500, greg.jensen <greg.jensen@comcast.net> wrote:
> I'd add one more to the list. CA Antivirus for Linux. We found it to be
> the only one with a realtime scanner (seems everyone does scheduled scanning
> only), and as we have a policy against using Windows sytems for our Mgmt, we
> were able to use an old RedHat system for managing our AV rollout and our
> central policy administration.
>
> Absolutely you need to protect it. Our users are windows desktops, that
> access Linux shares, so though most threats won't affect a linux system,
> Linux systems can certainly propegate the viruses. Recent checks with any
> of the major vendors will show there are 20-40 (depending upon the vendor)
> threats written especially for Linux.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wolf, Tomas" <tomas@skip.cz>
> To: "Bruno França dos Reis" <brunoreis@terra.com.br>
> Cc: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 10:40 PM
> Subject: Re: antivirus for linux
>
> > 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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