2010/4/7 Jari Fredriksson <ja...@iki.fi>
> On 7.4.2010 10:51, Freeman wrote: > > I'll always be slowly catching up on comp tech. > > > > I was using Knoppix and ClamAV to remove a virus for a friend when the > > futility of it all hit me. The free anti-virus hopscotch game that > windows > > users play to feel safe. What wasted energy--over an OS I boot into > maybe > > 7% of the time. They screw up half the time. > > > > There isn't a big demand for ClamAV on the Debian partitions of a > > laptop/desktop. But I'll be scheduling scans of the XP partition from > > Debian. Doh! > > > > There is even a ClamAV *win32* for the unlucky. > > > > I don't scan my disk partitions with it, but all incoming as well as > outgoing email is scanned with ClamAV (by amavisd-new). ClamAV with some > 3rd party signatures (SaneSecurity) works quite well in that. Not > because it detects good, but clamav_daemon is the only daemonized FREE > anti-virus for Linux. > > And my Linux is a server for my Windows workstation. Without Windows, I > would not bother scanning viruses. > > -- > http://www.iki.fi/jarif/ > > You learn to write as if to someone else because NEXT YEAR YOU WILL BE > "SOMEONE ELSE." > > Windows has (recently?) released Security Essentials which is surprisingly good for a free AV. Coulb be worth looking into it. The win version of ClamAV is, AFAIK, sadly outdated.
