Re: -- SPAM -- Re: Anti-Virus - seeking opinions

[steef <debian.linux@home.nl>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 10/17/08 02:43, Emanoil Kotsev wrote:
> > Ron Johnson wrote:
> >
> > > On 10/17/08 00:45, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> > > > 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...
> > > *If* it can run stand-alone.
> > >
> > > >                                                                I don't
> > > > think any special hook to plug in to samba.
> > > I figured as much, but it makes it more expensive to scan for malware.
> >
> > If you have mounted your windows shares to linux over samba, you just 
> > have
> > to tell clamav to scan the point where they are mounted.
> > We have a very good experience with it. In fact we extended clamav with
> > commercial kaspersky for linux and the resultss are more then 
> > satisfaying.
>
> Do you scan it weekly or something?
>
> > I did not understand if you need it for private or company use.
hi ron,

i am using clamav on one machine and avg for linux on a second machine. 
both machines have two hd's. one with resp. debian_etch/lenny; the other 
with xp (for our adminstration: to get the bills paid), mounted under 
resp etch and lenny. (etch is my working horse)

I scan both xp-hd's twice a week for a longer time. never had any 
trouble at all with viruses on windows.

further, because i send thru messages on two (progressive farmers) 
mailing lists here in the Eu, i check my linux-meilboxes once or twice a 
week as well. once, three years ago (under potato or was it already 
woody?), i got a complaint about sending thru a troian. but even this 
event did not come from my machines, so became clear.

for me a perfect system: checking redmond-capitalism from a linux-machine.


regards,

steef