Re: Free antivirus
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:48:40 -0800
Raquel Rice <raquel@thericehouse.net> escreveu:
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 17:28:48 -0200
> Antonio Alberto Lobato <tomlobato@ig.com.br> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > After a search on google and mailing lists archives, doubts
> > remains...
> >
> > Is there available a free and good antivirus for run on
> > GNU/Linux (but searching windows viruses)? My needs is to
> > protect a network of 90 windows machines where the GNU/Linux
> > is the gateway/firewall/proxy-cache/ftp/pop3/smtp server (A
> > duron 1300MHz). So, Id like to have hints about where to
> > install this antivirus: filtering proxy-cache traffic, or
> > scanning the pop3/smtp server, or both? The pop3/smtp
> > servers here are just for internal mail exchange, so users
> > continue to sending/retrieving mail to/from external
> > mailboxes such yahoo, hotmail. Is it possible to scan
> > viruses for such external mailboxes? If there is not a good
> > free solution, can you give hints about good options for
> > proprietary ones?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you
> > Tom
> >
>
> I use ClamAV. It scans email. It scans files upon access. It's
> available from www.backports.org and works very well. Besides, it's
> free.
>
> --
> Raquel
Thank you Raquel,
On another scenario than that above (Duron1300 for 90 machines), would you recommend me to use it on a pentium 100 for "files upon access" (with squid) for 4 windows clients or it needs more clock/ram? If need more, how much?
Tom
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