What are people using for anti-virus software? I've got BitDefender running on my machine, but I'd like to find something zero-cost that has a nice GUI so that when I set up boxes for friends and family, they can use it. Regularly (and automatically) updated virus definitions are a must, here. Dave
David Storrs wrote:
What are people using for anti-virus software? I've got BitDefender running on my machine, but I'd like to find something zero-cost that has a nice GUI so that when I set up boxes for friends and family, they can use it.
Regularly (and automatically) updated virus definitions are a must, here.
There are some free alternatives, but they don't come near the detection rate and signature updates of BitDefender. However, they might be enough for friends and family. Anyway, if they run linux, why do they need AV for?
On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 08:41:13AM +0200, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
Anyway, if they run linux, why do they need AV for?
Well, some folks think that Linux *has* a virus problem (because there have been _some_ viruses/worms/trojans for it). Others feel that it *will have* a problem, once it takes more of the the desktop market from MS. Whether they are right or not is not so much the point...making them happy is, and it's easier to give them AV software than to debate the point with them. Especially since, if I tell them they are safe and talk them out of getting software and then they DO happen to get hit (unlikely, but possible), I would be mortified. Dave
On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 23:15, David Storrs wrote:
On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 08:41:13AM +0200, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
Anyway, if they run linux, why do they need AV for?
Well, some folks think that Linux *has* a virus problem (because there have been _some_ viruses/worms/trojans for it). Others feel that it *will have* a problem, once it takes more of the the desktop market from MS. Whether they are right or not is not so much the point...making them happy is, and it's easier to give them AV software than to debate the point with them.
Exactly, so many Windows users have had it ingrained that they must have AV software running, to the point that trying to explain to them is well, pointless.
Especially since, if I tell them they are safe and talk them out of getting software and then they DO happen to get hit (unlikely, but possible), I would be mortified.
Keeping up to date with security updates is far, far more important though on Linux, as a virus would very likely have to use some form of insecurity in an app on Linux. From what I remembe with the one that only affected RedHat this was the case, a vulnerability that only existed on RedHat, which already had a fix for those who were updating.
Dave
Matt
tisdag 24 februari 2004 08:23 skrev Matthew Johnson:
Exactly, so many Windows users have had it ingrained that they must have AV software running, to the point that trying to explain to them is well, pointless.
I'm simply amazed, why someone hasn't simply implemented a similar mechanism on the servers as we have in our IRL mailboxes. "NO Advertisements". Or, simply ... "I'll accept, only from the following..." or something similar. The rest would simply go down the drain.
On Tuesday 24 February 2004 09:26, Örn Hansen wrote:
tisdag 24 februari 2004 08:23 skrev Matthew Johnson:
Exactly, so many Windows users have had it ingrained that they must have AV software running, to the point that trying to explain to them is well, pointless.
I'm simply amazed, why someone hasn't simply implemented a similar mechanism on the servers as we have in our IRL mailboxes. "NO Advertisements". Or, simply ... "I'll accept, only from the following..." or something similar. The rest would simply go down the drain.
f-prot for linux is free for personal use. Note that this is the identical to the commercial version that they charge for - only the license is different. As the Windose version is arguably the best on that OS, if you must have anti-virus software on linux ... -- Best Regards David Barnes
On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 22:41, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
David Storrs wrote:
What are people using for anti-virus software? I've got BitDefender running on my machine, but I'd like to find something zero-cost that has a nice GUI so that when I set up boxes for friends and family, they can use it.
Regularly (and automatically) updated virus definitions are a must, here.
There are some free alternatives, but they don't come near the detection rate and signature updates of BitDefender.
However, they might be enough for friends and family. Anyway, if they run linux, why do they need AV for?
To help the Windows users when they get there virus's? To have a nice GUI that looks useful? Useful for macro virus's if you're sending and recieving Doc formats, that way you won't probably send them on...Although none I have heard of will affect Open Office etc. There have been a few Linux virus's, but none really had much of an effect. Last one that was wild only affected a package on RedHat, that was some years ago though. Quite a few Mac users get it to make them feel secure, especially if they came from a Windows background. Matt
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:34, David Storrs wrote:
What are people using for anti-virus software? I've got BitDefender running on my machine, but I'd like to find something zero-cost that has a nice GUI so that when I set up boxes for friends and family, they can use it.
Regularly (and automatically) updated virus definitions are a must, here.
Dave
Not getting into the argument of why you need it for Linux although if you are sharing file with friends on windows it could be well worth it. You should look at ClamAV. It is GPL and well supported and works better than most commercial products. The only thing is it is a command line scanner. http://www.clamav.net/ Unfortunately SuSE does not provide an RPM but it is very easy to compile. You can setup a cron job to update the virus defs on an hourly basis. -- Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:34, David Storrs wrote:
What are people using for anti-virus software? I've got BitDefender running on my machine, but I'd like to find something zero-cost that has a nice GUI so that when I set up boxes for friends and family, they can use it.
Regularly (and automatically) updated virus definitions are a must, here.
Dave
clamav is available from either your SuSE distribution or from their web site. It is an opensource package and is extremely good. http://www.clamav.net/ KlamAV is a front end to ClamAV for the KDE desktop user. http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=12388 You should find it in one of the APT repositories ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/9.3-i386 also have a look at http://www.clamav.net/3rdparty.html#gui for other GUI front ends to clamav -- Regards, Graham Smith
On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 06:44 +1000, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:34, David Storrs wrote:
What are people using for anti-virus software? I've got BitDefender running on my machine, but I'd like to find something zero-cost that has a nice GUI so that when I set up boxes for friends and family, they can use it.
Regularly (and automatically) updated virus definitions are a must, here.
Dave
clamav is available from either your SuSE distribution or from their web site. It is an opensource package and is extremely good. http://www.clamav.net/
KlamAV is a front end to ClamAV for the KDE desktop user. http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=12388
You should find it in one of the APT repositories ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/9.3-i386
also have a look at http://www.clamav.net/3rdparty.html#gui for other GUI front ends to clamav
I received an email from Avast regarding a product for linux and it should be available next month. http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-for-linux-workstation.html -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
On 10/15/05, Ken Schneider
On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 06:44 +1000, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:34, David Storrs wrote:
What are people using for anti-virus software? I've got BitDefender running on my machine, but I'd like to find something zero-cost that has a nice GUI so that when I set up boxes for friends and family, they can use it.
Regularly (and automatically) updated virus definitions are a must, here.
Dave
clamav is available from either your SuSE distribution or from their web site. It is an opensource package and is extremely good. http://www.clamav.net/
KlamAV is a front end to ClamAV for the KDE desktop user. http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=12388
You should find it in one of the APT repositories ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/9.3-i386
also have a look at http://www.clamav.net/3rdparty.html#gui for other GUI front ends to clamav
I received an email from Avast regarding a product for linux and it should be available next month. http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-for-linux-workstation.html
-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
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f-prot has a free linux version and there is a kde improvement over at kde-look.org for a context menu entry. John
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