Re: Good Use for ClamAV
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 02:53:01PM +0200, Monsieur Louk wrote: > 2010/4/7 Jari Fredriksson > ,,, > > > > 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 ClamAV is, AFAIK, sadly outdated. The forum for ClamAV windows did not look like a happy place. -- Kind Regards, Freeman http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100407154833.ga28...@europa.office
Re: Good Use for ClamAV
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. How ClamAV is really good? I don't have any problem with my XP last ~2y. since when I'm on Debian. NIC is disabled and driver uninstalled :-) In fact, rarely use it. -- Bye, Goran Dobosevic Hrvatski: www.dobosevic.com English: www.dobosevic.com/en/ Registered Linux User #503414 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bbc9615.4020...@dobosevic.com
Re: Good Use for ClamAV
On 2010-04-07 02:51, 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. http://xkcd.com/463/ What wasted energy--over an OS I boot into maybe 7% of the time. They screw up half the time. By having my wife/kids run Windows from "named" unpriv accounts, using Tbird/Firefox/ABP/Flashblock and not logging into social media sites, we've kept their system virus-free for 5 years. -- "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." Dwight Eisenhower -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bbc826a.60...@cox.net
Re: Good Use for ClamAV
2010/4/7 Jari Fredriksson > 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.
Re: Good Use for ClamAV
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." signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Good Use for ClamAV
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. -- Kind Regards, Freeman http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100407075120.gb8...@europa.office
