24 Feb
2004
24 Feb
'04
06:34
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
24 Feb
24 Feb
06:41
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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?
07:15
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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
07:23
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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:
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.
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.
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
09:26
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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.
14:36
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On Tuesday 24 February 2004 09:26, Örn Hansen wrote:
tisdag 24 februari 2004 08:23 skrev Matthew Johnson:
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 ...
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Best Regards
David Barnes
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.
07:36
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On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 22:41, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
David Storrs wrote:
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
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? 
08:14
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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
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15 Oct
15 Oct
21:44
New subject: [SLE] stable,updated,zero-cost,FLOSS virus software
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
16 Oct
16 Oct
02:16
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On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 06:44 +1000, Graham Smith wrote:
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:34, David Storrs wrote:
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
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
17 Oct
17 Oct
18:41
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On 10/15/05, Ken Schneider <suse-list(a)bout-tyme.net> wrote:
On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 06:44 +1000, Graham Smith
wrote:
f-prot has a free linux version and there is a kde improvement over at
kde-look.org for a context menu entry.
John
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:34, David Storrs wrote:
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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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
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