[juneau-lug] Re: free anti-virus for linux and windows
- From: "Myron Davis" <myrond@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 17:05:27 -0800 (AKDT)
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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