On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 12:55, Arlie Capps wrote:
> * Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-27 11:56:31 -0700]:
> 
> > There is an awesome unix-based open source antivirus program called
> > clamav.  It's at http://clamav.sourceforge.net.  The virus definitions
> > are updated regularly and it was the first antivirus program that
> > detected this latest SCO virus (whatever they decided to call it -- it's
> > like naming astroids, I guess).  ...
> 
> I played around with clamav some time ago, but was fairly disappointed.  
> It would not detect many of the inmates of the "virus repository" we 
> tried it on, and I think it also (at that time) had problems scanning 
> inside zip archives.

It's very good  at looking in zip archives now.

> 
> > So far it is working very well.
> 
> Glad to read this!  Do you have any comparisons to other AV products?
> Maybe we should look at clamav again.

Well, in cost it compares very well.  And for a free product, it's been
detecting today's virus with 100% accuracy.  We'll see how well in works
in the next few months as new viruses come out.

Michael


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> > Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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