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 > > > -- > > Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
