[juneau-lug] Re: free anti-virus for linux and windows

Yes it auto updates.
Yes you can install it on your grandmothers computer and leave it, (if it
is configured to auto-update and regular scans).  No on-demand scanner yet
(except for outlook).

For free ones I've always suggested AVG for personal home use.  I am
testing clamav for windows out and so far I'm pretty impressed.  (It has a
nice feature if a virus is detected to auto-email an alert to someone :)
).  That way you can help out grandma if it detects a virus :)

-Myron

> interesting about clamAV for windows.  IMHO this is a GPL'd piece of
> software that has been screaming for a windows port for sometime now.
>
> Question though: does it do auto-update? Can I install it a
> grandmothers computer and have her all setup and ready to go?  Just
> today I had to remove an install of Norton Antivirus that was going
> nuts on startup eatting all sorts of memory and stalling the computer
> out.  Removed it and the problem went away, however now i'm stuck
> recommending some sort of anti virus replacement.  I initially
> suggested Kaspersky and McAfee but perhaps i'll see about putting
> clamAV in....
>
> Justin
>
>
> On May 12, 2004, at 4:46 PM, Kevin Miller wrote:
>
>> Both F-Prot and Bit defender offer free scanners to Linux users.
>> F-prot is
>> just for non-commercial users, but the nice folks at BitDefender say
>> any
>> Linux user can use their product.  It's at
>> http://www.bitdefender.com/index.php?tab=2 for those interested.  I
>> haven't
>> installed it yet, but plan on doing so for some email gateways...
>>
>> ...Kevin
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>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Myron Davis [mailto:myrond@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 1:42 PM
>>> To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [juneau-lug] free anti-virus for linux and windows
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've been using clamav for a while and I have been very
>>> satisifed with it
>>> on the linux side.  Very fast updates and generally a very
>>> good scanner.
>>>
>>> Recently there was a gui windows release of it
>>> (http://clamwin.sourceforge.net/), it includes outlook integration as
>>> well.  The scanner looks very very sharp.  I used to recommend
>>> (AVG)grisoft.com for non-commercial usage virus scanning.  But
>>> now clamav
>>> has released a GPL scanner.  This is an excellent exit
>>> strategy for those
>>> stuck in norton other virus scan land.
>>>
>>> -Myron
>>>
>>> (btw, I'm also a mirror for clamav virus definitions too:
>>> clamav.xyxx.com,
>>> http://www.clamav.net/mirrors.htm)
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