[ale] Linux antivirus scanners

[Alex Carver]

Right, I know I don't have to worry too much (right now) about the Linux 
machine but, as I said, the goal is a central machine that mounts and 
scans the file systems of other machines with a mix of OSes (Windows 
being one).  The current batch of Windows-based scanners are getting 
very bloated in addition to being resource intensive sometimes so a 
remote scan offloads the work.

On 5/21/2013 04:07, Jim Kinney wrote:
> virus scanning on Linux is only useful if the Linux system is serving files
> to windows machines. Then it's clamav. F-Prot also has a Linux-based AV
> tool. It also scans for Windows virus signatures. There are just not enough
> Linux virus's, and they all require really stupid practices to get, so I
> don't worry about it at home.
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> Oh. Don't run wine. That _will_ capture windows virus's.
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> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>wrote:
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>> What are all of you in list-land using for a virus scanner on Linux
>> (whether it's scanning the local system or the remote system)?
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>> I'm using ClamAV now but I thought I'd get opinions on other possible
>> options.  My intent is to perform centralized scanning of most of my
>> machines (mix of OSes).
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