Re: Anti-Spyware for Linux

<metoo>

I like ClamAV a lot. Updates are fast, daemon is solid. I have
had occasional trouble with the separate freshclam daemon that pulls
updates, and have found running a cmdline freshclam via cron (at a
random minute of the hour) to be more reliable.

</metoo>

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captgoodnight captgoodnight wrote:
> I highly recommend clamav, writing sigs for it is a breeze. You could also 
> filter at the GW with some firewall products out there...
> 
>> From: "Jenkinson, John P (SAIC)" <John.Jenkinson@bp.com>
>> To: <levi@akgeeks.com>, <aklug@aklug.org>
>> Subject: RE: Anti-Spyware for Linux
>> Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 12:17:56 -0800
>>
>> ther are several clients using ClamAV as an engine/signature basis
>> those listed on the clamav web page
>> http://www.clamav.net
>> ther's even a snort plugin for clamav so you can scan the wire for
>> virus/malware=20
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org] On Behalf
>> Of levi@akgeeks.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 12:09 PM
>> To: aklug@aklug.org
>> Subject: Anti-Spyware for Linux
>>
>> We are setting up our new linux data backup server, and we were wanting=20
>> to scan our WONDERFUL windows data for adware, spyware, viruses, etc.=20
>> We are probably going to use Antivir for Linux for viruses... but does=20
>> anyone know of any anti-spyware scanners for linux?
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