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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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