[TriLUG] Antivirus recommendation?

[davis]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 01:34:41PM -0500, Brian McCullough wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 01:19:56PM -0500, Aaron S. Joyner wrote:
> > The reason to look for virus protection on linux, in my experience, is 
> > most often to scan files either stored on the box (samba file server 
> > scenario), or passing through the box (mail gateway scenario).  Seeing 
> > as the original request was concerned with interfacing with sendmail, 
> > and scanning the shares associated with samba, it seems he has a mind to 
> > protect end user's who are running windows, by stopping things at the 
> > server for them.
> 
> That's precisely why I have recently added scanning on the server that I
> am managing for one of my clients.  The scanning on the workstations (
> AVG ) wasn't always catching everything, and we went through an infection this
> week.
> 
> I have also gone the ClamAV route, in a QMail environment, along with
> QMail-Scanner.  I am also looking at Odieavir, for that "belt and
> suspenders" solution.

Hello

My bad.  I skimmed that email and didn't see sendmail.  Yes, if you
read your email with windows while you use sendmail as your MTA then
ClamAV is the way to go.


> 
> Brian
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