On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 at 15:45, Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote: > > On 09/03/2018 05:16 AM, Joerg Lechner via users wrote: > > Hi, > doing onlinebanking in my bank contract I read, I have to use antivirus > sw, otherwise I would be responsible for probably misuse. So far I made > onlinebanking, when I am logged in in Fedora without antivirus sw. But to > be correct, as the bank says, I would like to use antivirus sw. For me it's > no problem to have i.e a F28 installation with antivirus sw separatly for > "critical" use of F28. I have F28 on an usb flash medium, and 32GB flash > media are not too expensive, so fo all other usages of Fedora I don't need > antivirus sw and can use another Fedora installation. Which antivirus sw > should I prefer? > Kind regards > > When I have asked about AV software for Linux, I am usually referred to > Clamav. I assume all distros have it available. >
ClamAV is widely supported, but, like all AV software, is "high maintenance" due to the need to constantly update pattern databases and the overhead of scanning. If a linux system has files that have been touched by a Windows system then it is a good idea to use clamav. One approach is to schedule scans of your "at risk" directories for off-peak times. Windows AV sw normally combines on-demand scans with periodic full filesystem scans. Several years ago ClamAV had problems with on-demand scanning but is now using fanotify: https://blog.clamav.net/2016/03/configuring-on-access-scanning-in-clamav.html MacOS has ClamAV. A mac user I know was at a meeting with high-ranking military and government participants. The meeting documants were shared by passing a USB key around. ClamAV on the lone mac in the room identified malware on the USB key. It is safe to assume that all the windows boxes were running current mainstream commercial AV sw. Malware authors test against "current mainstream commercial AV sw" but apparently ClamAV wasn't on the list. -- George N. White III
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