Re: -- SPAM -- Re: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:41:49 -0500
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 10/16/08 21:35, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
> > Don Sutter wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I certainly hope the following doesn't start a flame war! I would like
> >> to use Linux to scan Windows drives for viruses. Since Linux is
> >> generally slime free are any of the Linux anti-virus solutions robust
> >> enough to handle Windows? Perhaps I should consider using VM, Windows
> >> and a Windows based anti-virus? Ideas?
> >
> > Did you give clamav a try? It is in the repos.
>
> But can it run stand-alone, to analyze all files in a tree, or plug
> into Samba, so that all new or modified files get scanned?
>
Samba shares are just mounted file systems right? So I am sure that
clamav can simply be used to scan those files in the shares...I don't
think any special hook to plug in to samba.
Amit
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