On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 12:55, Aidan Holmes wrote: > Does anybody out there know of/use/recommend a virus scanning package > for linux? I'm hoping to use one to scan clients hard drives without > having to leave mandrake and boot into Winblows XP. > > I use a removeable HDD bay for this purpose as often once the virus is > in place, I cannot install antivirus on their computers. So, at present > I'm booting into Windows XP (sorry for swearing!) and using my copy of > Norton System Works to knock the virus on the head first. > > I would dearly love to use Mandrake for this because at present it > involves two reboots: One into windows to update my own virus > definitions and check for any more winblows patches to protect my own > system. And the second to insert the clients HDD (non hot pluggable ide > bay) and scan the bloody thing. > > -Aidan.
Mate, I am in the same boat - except I bring my customer's boxen in here to the lab and connect them to the network. I've been using ClamScan and F-Prot - both free - both updatable. Work like a charm. Clamscan: www.clamav.net F-Prot: www.f-prot.com stephen kuhn - owner ============================== illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents ------------------------------------------------------------------ To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.
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