On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 14:05, suse@mail.bciassociates.com wrote:
Greetings. In my continued quest to migrate to Linux, I'd like to ask the group what anti-virus products you use, or prefer, along with some pro's and con's for each. I already know about Amavis, but haven't used it yet. All of my Linux work thus far has been on an isolated network while I learn (or is that do my damage with) Linux.
I use antivir from H+BEDV which comes on the SuSE disks. It's free for personal use though you need to obtain a registration key to unlock it from demo mode. I've found it extremely good with near-daily updates online. Once installed, it will check for updates automatically. However, since the risk of viruses on Linux is minimal (for now), I really only have it to scan incoming email destined for MS Windows. An equally or more useful tool is checkrootkit which will inspect your system for really nasty takeover attempts by internet goons. Amavis isn't an AV package, incidentally. It's just a wrapper or interface that mates an AV package to the mail system. And very good it is too. :) Fish