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Eric Clark wrote:> Is there a real big need for having an anti-virus on linux?Not unless your running a mail server or file server that serves clients that are vulnerable to viruses.> if so what are some good ones to use?I've always liked Sophos myself, very high quality. nate
Eric Clark wrote:> Is there a real big need for having an anti-virus on linux? > > if so what are some good ones to use? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------Will the software be used in a commercial environment? If not, then you could use AVG from Grisoft:- free.avg.com/download I've used it for a couple of years now and haven't had any problems. Come to think of it, it hasn't found any viruses either!?!?! Perhaps I've been lucky, but I prefer to believe my email server is fairly good at rejecting spam etc. If you are using it in a commercial environment, you can purchase a subscription server licence for Linux from them. avg.com/product-avg-server-edition-for-linux Regards, Ian -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3630 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090929/28a57607/attachment.bin>
At Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:08:38 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:> > > > Is there a real big need for having an anti-virus on linux? > > if so what are some good ones to use?There are no 'viruses' (in the MS-Windows sense) for Linux *in the wild*. There are rootkits and from time-to-time exploits in various network services. If you keep things up-to-date and use a properly configured firewall, etc. this is generally not a problem. If you are running a file or mail server for MS-Windows clients, there are scanners that check for *MS-Windows* viruses. -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System deepsoft.com -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem
> Will the software be used in a commercial environment? ?If not, then you > could use AVG from Grisoft:- > ? ?free.avg.com/download > I've used it for a couple of years now and haven't had any problems. > Come to think of it, it hasn't found any viruses either!?!?! ?Perhaps > I've been lucky, but I prefer to believe my email server is fairly good > at rejecting spam etc.I'm sorry but stay as far away from them as you can. AVG 7 was great, I used to recommend it all the time, but version 8 has become really bloated and chews through resources like no-ones business. I installed it on a dual-booted (XP/Debian) Laptop w/ 512M RAM and after upgrading from 7 to 8 my machine in XP began to lag badly. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Eric Clark <eric.clark at d-t-s-corp.com> wrote:> Is there a real big need for having an anti-virus on linux? > > if so what are some good ones to use? >In many companies that have compliance requirements, all servers are required to have antivirus. The argument that "Linux servers don't get viruses" is irrelevant and falls on deaf ears. (And no, you cannot just say, "well the auditors don't know what they are talking about" and consider the case closed). We are using clam-av with a scheduled nightly scan. Seems to work well enough.