[gentoo-user] Re: Best anti-virus

2008-05-10 Thread 7v5w7go9ub0o
forgottenwizard wrote: On 20:13 Fri 09 May , 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: I am extremely pleased with Antivir (aka Avira) and its realtime LKM, Dazuko! 1. The Antivir database and heuristics contain dozens of Linux-specific rootkits and Trojans. These in addition to Windows sigs. FWICT, the only

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best anti-virus

2008-05-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 10 May 2008, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: But I sure acknowledge the majority opinion - almost ALL Linux users, and many Windows users as well, choose not to run real-time AntiMalware scanners. I do this, and I do it for a perfectly obvious reason: Your suggestion protects me from a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best anti-virus

2008-05-10 Thread Robert Bridge
On Sat, May 10, 2008 3:58 pm, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: forgottenwizard wrote: Realtime Linux Anti-Trojan signature scanning overhead is simply cheap (almost free) insurance IMHO, and may be most important when compiling and installing new or updated sourcecode. Or installing a new plugin to your

[gentoo-user] Re: Best anti-virus

2008-05-10 Thread 7v5w7go9ub0o
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Saturday 10 May 2008, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: But I sure acknowledge the majority opinion - almost ALL Linux users, and many Windows users as well, choose not to run real-time AntiMalware scanners. I do this, and I do it for a perfectly obvious reason: Your suggestion

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best anti-virus

2008-05-10 Thread Tony Caudel
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 3:35 PM, 7v5w7go9ub0o [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: On Saturday 10 May 2008, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: But I sure acknowledge the majority opinion - almost ALL Linux users, and many Windows users as well, choose not to run real-time AntiMalware scanners.

[gentoo-user] Re: Best anti-virus

2008-05-09 Thread 7v5w7go9ub0o
Tony Caudel wrote: I am currently using the clamv anti-virus program. I was wondering if there is a better one for Gentoo, especially one that integrates well with Thunderbird. That has been my one disappointment with clamav. Not necessarily clamav's fault since T/B maintains its emails in

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best anti-virus

2008-05-09 Thread forgottenwizard
On 20:13 Fri 09 May , 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: I am extremely pleased with Antivir (aka Avira) and its realtime LKM, Dazuko! 1. The Antivir database and heuristics contain dozens of Linux-specific rootkits and Trojans. These in addition to Windows sigs. FWICT, the only freeware