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- teece, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I think the real point of a Linux anti-virus program is to prevent Linux users from inadvertently spreading Windows viruses to their benighted colleagues, NOT to prevent Linux users from getting viruses, of which there are precious few.
(Think: hey Joe, try this great warez app. I got online, or read this funny email, or check out this picture of Anna K. for me, will you? It won't load on my Linux desktop. AVG would stop that. Sure, the average Linux user tends to be a bit more knowledgeable about those things, but THAT is what it is for. Especially useful if brain-dead corporate policy dictates that an AV program MUST be had, even on Linux or Mac desktops) - engalicorn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8For all 6 Linux viruses...
There will be a virus roll-up every 18 months or so. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7There is lots of free anti-virus stuff for Linux email servers.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/amavis/
http://www.amavis.org/
http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/
How To Install Postfix, Amavis, ClamAV, and Spamassassin on Debian Linux:
http://www.fatofthelan.com/articles/articles.php?pid=22
Using MailScanner/Postfix/SpamAssassin/ClamAV in Gentoo Linux:
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Using_MailScanner/Postfix/SpamAssassin/ClamAV_in_Gentoo_Linux
Linux Journal: Paranoid Penguin - Adding Clam Antivirus to Your Postfix Server
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7778 - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'd rather use ClamAV, if I used Linux:
http://clamav.net/
response times:
http://www.google.com/search?num=20&hs=ab5&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=clamav+response+times&btnG=Search
I use it for windows, never pay for updates ever again!
http://clamwin.com/ - nitr021, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3unfortunately there is a paid version of the anti virus mail server for linux.
And the mail server anti virus they have offers 2 years of licence which is much better than the other products. - BenStockwell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"What it doesn't support Debian, oh well."
Use Alien to convert the RPM to a Debian package. - kiranlightpaw, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4All you people caterwauling about how there's no need for a Linux virus scanner because Linux doesn't have viruses blah blah blah really need to take note of what has actually happened here: another software manufacturer is releasing software to run on Linux.
Is it really necessary. Maybe or maybe not. But every time a manufacturer releases software for Linux, Linux gains more and more credibility. Other manufacturers take note. So for once in your lives put aside your rah rah ***** about Linux not needing things and take note of what a good thing this really is. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Choose format:
RPM
RPM
or RPM....
Wow, I'll take gentoo ebuild please :-) - termal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Actually I think the abc news link is confused--I believe the initial av-test showed AVG catching 60 of the 73 and *missing* 13 of them.
eweek link:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1907131,00.asp
Wilders Forum thread:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=113538
This link doesn't mention the one missed by a couple:
http://blog.ziffdavis.com/seltzer/archive/2006/01/04/39774.aspx
Avast seems to be the winner among the three most commonly touted free AV's (Avast, AVG and Antivir) this time around. AVG generally does the worst of the three according to the highly regarded regular testing done here:
http://www.av-comparatives.org/
AVG is a little lighter weight and simpler to use though (albeit slightly ugly). For myself, I pay for a Nod32 license. Kaspersky would probably be my second choice among payware AV. - DietrichM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There is also the quite good F-Prot for Linux scanner.
See http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/linux/ - thephotoman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You know, there's absolutely no reason for this, given that ClamAV is available for Linux via the distro packaging systems already. I'd rather be able to apt-get my software, unless I'm compiling it myself.
- spectre_25gt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"What is this for? Removing windows viruses from linux SMB file shares? It's just as pointless as anti-virus for OSX."
Do you answer your own questions often? Removing viruses from SMB shares is a very good use for the program. We have Clamav set up on our server at work for just that reason. - pingviini, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1When my windows installation became more disfunctional, I downloaded f-secure for linux and mounted my windows partition. turned out that I had received a virus a long time ago through p2p, but when I ran the file in windows, it self-destructed. Not using windows is far easier.
But as said above, both the fact that it was released for linux and that some people (gasp) use linux on a network with windows computers. These facts make this a great thing. - chrisbudden, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Does anyone have a license number generated? Mine didn't work :(
- stimpack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah they are good for not passing on things to your Windows buddies. Personally I dont run anti virus in linux, if I pass on some nasty to a Windows user its their job to sort their frickin joke OS out.
- larrylaw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1AVG did not get the job done against the onslaught of recent WMF exploits:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ZDM/story?id=1466666
AVG detected only 13 of 73 known exploits. - listrophy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@NidStyles
That still doesn't prevent nuking ~. Also, there have been plenty of bugs in linux-running software... it's just that they haven't been exploited as much as Windows-related bugs.
That being said, yes, as of now, Linux is inherently MUCH more secure from virii than windows. This could change in the future, if Linux adoption increases. - larrylaw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I do hope the ABC news story about the WMF exploit detection was in error -- I've used AVG for Windows for years without a problem, and I've recommended it to several colleagues.
- Grim76, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0While I don't personally have a need for it. I do have people that store windows accessed files on a Linux box. Not to mention the fact that it just adds one more place doing something for Linux.
- troydoogle7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I though linux didnt get viruses?
- rmassie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2What is this for? Removing windows viruses from linux SMB file shares? It's just as pointless as anti-virus for OSX.
- morrowyn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0For anyone who think you need an anti virus for a unix os you might wanna read this:
http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/index.php?page=virus - culpeper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0All this complaining is moot. The rpm installation doesn't work. The registration process is non existent and there is no function within the install process that will give you a registration number. Even the evaluation registration number hidden in the README file is invalid. So, install away and you will get nothing and like it. Not to mention the fact that the GUI function doesn't do anything if it does find a virus. That is if it you can get it registered, which you can't. Moot!
As for virus scanners for Linux. There are two that are free and will actually complete a scan of the entire system, including Windows. Clam and F-Prot.
BTW, Avast is working on a GUI scanner for Linux. The beta version doesn't work. It hangs up whenever it comes across a Dbus named pipe. It can't figure out it isn't actually a file so it just stops dead and hangs up. - mikeroySoft, on 10/19/2009, -0/+0Fine and dandy, but is it Open Source?
Also, who would profit most from writing *nix virus(es)?? Probably the same people who you would pay to protect you and your ever so precious data.
Added to that, when a bug is found in linux that is serious enough to take down the whole system because some moron clicked the wrong e-mail attachment, i have no doubt that the FOSS community will VERY QUICKLY track down and eliminate the bug causing the exploit int he first place, thus making both virus and anti-virus programs quite useless in the long term. - dhasenan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What, precisely, does this do? (I'm out of access from my Linux box, even ssh, at the moment.) Does it actually scan for Linux viruses, or does it just look for Windows viruses?
- teece, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2And the generally accepted plural of "virus" is "viruses," not virii (per the Oxford English Dictionary, the gold standard on the English language). IIRC, it wouldn't even be correct to say virii in Latin, let alone English. FYI.
- larrylaw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Of course AVG wasn't the only AV package that had trouble keeping up:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6018696.html - Calitar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I use wine quite a bit and I think I virus running under wine could still be damaging (thought perhaps not as much). I have used ClamAV in the past, but I think it is far too slow to be useful. My experience with AVG on Windows has been very positive and I hope I will be able to say the same about the Linux version.
- tangerine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0(con't ..... )
I get daily updates to definitions and if a virus should find it's way into my system, AVG kills it. - tangerine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0They are as good (for Windows) and I do not understand it either bariswheel.
- zerosum, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Can't be too secure so I don't knock it. In a Windows environment I use Avast, which is also free. I have never tried AVG since switching from Norton (ugh..cpu and memory hog) to Avast, I have not had any issues, so I've been using that. I often wonder about what those who have tried both AVG and Avast think. If the case can be made that AVG really outdoes some other free competitors I think I'd switch.
- rimco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0LOL @ grimzy... I'm still a bit of a Linux n00b, and even I know that the chances of me getting a virus are about nil. Sure, if Linux had more market share, there would be more, but the very nature of UNIX-based OSes (like Linux or OSX) makes them less prone to attack from a virus. It's like UNIX-based OSes are a strong, healthy person, versus Windows, which is more like a person with gonnaherpasyphilaids.
- utch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I love AVG
- usergentoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0most people I know use AVG and love it. From what Im told its very good on windows.
But I really dont see myself installing a virus scanner on my nix box. - phool, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0it is very good on windows, i run it on all my windows machines and also offer it to clients (home users) when they dont have one.
i will download it for my linux boxes and give it a shot!!` - rocketrye12, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0this is as smart as the mac antivirus
- kucing, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Now thats what I call a marketing effort.
Paying for a program that "pretends" do detect and delete non-existant viruses. - Yaa101, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Anti virus for Linux?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Now serious, don't fall for this corporate ***** and have them scare you. - grimzy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Jesus ***** christ.
If you use Linux and manage to get a ***** virus that actually can do some harm to your environment, you should to kill yourself - immediately.
JUST MY 2 CENTS - neondiet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0
Boo Hiss ... Bearing in mind that Linux doesn't have any -real- viruses and never has (worms & trojans don't count) I followed the link and had a good read, thinking initially that they were touting a product to promote linux as a good internet netizen; to avoid passing on all those nasty windows viruses that float into your inbox onto your friends.
But its a LOAD OF CROCK!! They're spreading loads of FUD about Linux being the next big Virus platform, and them getting in early for YOUR benefit. So sigh up (for their big con) and feel all protected, warm and fuzzy.
While you're at it, I know an amazing gen-eu-ine antique victorian bridge you know you just can't do without ....... - .Steven, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1"Do people who would want free virus software use Linux? It's been my understanding that most people who use Linux are computer experts who would choose to spend money and purchase an anti-virus program."
I am a Secuirty Expert, and guess what? I do not use AV on my personal systems. - drbroccoli, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Thank you AVG! I always feared that I might get one of linux's 14 viruses!
- NeilM, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0AVG is nice.
- Lobster, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1FUD
I moved to Linux because AVG was part of the problem.
Now they wish to infect what I am free of.
Just place this at the base of emails
"Posted from Linux - a virus free OS" - much simpler and more useful - Porgie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Do people who would want free virus software use Linux? It's been my understanding that most people who use Linux are computer experts who would choose to spend money and purchase an anti-virus program.
- sonician, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1AVG is great except it seems to take forever to start up. Once my DSL connection is made, all is fine, but it seems to wait until that happens before fully loading.
I switched back to Norton cause of that. - jeff1943, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0AVG for Windows is hot. I'm going to try this on my Ubuntu even though I'm pretty sure it doesn't need AVG =p
- ZacT1984, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0What it doesn't support Debian, oh well.
- bariswheel, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0SO HOW DOES AVG OR OTHER FREE ANTIVIRUS PROGRAMS MAKE THEIR MONEY?
in other words, what incentive do they have to compete with the likes of norton, sophos, and mcafee? Are they AS GOOD as companies that offer antivirus services for free???? -
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