On 08/08/2005, at 9:20 PM, Shay Telfer wrote:
Hi folks,
I know this must sound a bit paranoid .... but .... well .... you
just never know.
I have Virex installed but my .Mac membership expired about 3
months ago.
I don't think the updates work any more because of this ??
Is this correct ? I can't see any way of actually checking.
I noticed someone recently recommending ClamXav.
I have downloaded it but have not yet installed it.
Would this be a good replacement for Virex ?
Or (if Virex still woks) a I better off staying with Virex ?
Regards,
Stephen Chape
ClamXAv will not remove viruses (it just detects them), whereas
Virex will attempt to do so in most cases.
But it does give the user an option of automatically removing virus
into a quarantine folder. So, as to do with as you wish, following
means of destruction according to virusDB, but it will no longer be
active.
A reason for ClamXav over others besides cost factor, is it's actual
virusDB, update procedures, and response time to new outbreaks, check
the website. http://www.clamav.net
Do not install on Mac OS X server.
Be careful when setting check .mbox do not set with quarantine folder
active.
Documented in ClamXav. http://www.clamxav.com
I do not let it scan .mbox as I have quarantine active; if I suspect
an .mbox. I make a copy of said .mbox and drop this into ClamXav. If
it finds something I can go and remove suspect file without damaging
the .mbox, and have to spend hours repairing .mbox.
Cheers!
`Rob...
