virus scanner

[Gallan]

Hello

Can someone tell me what is good virus scanner in QUI? Now I'm using f-prot and clamav or testing those but qui would be nice! reason to do this is I have windows machines around me and I just wana check that I have no viruses!

[owakroeger]

Clamav is cross-platform, so it will be effective on the Windows machines as well as Linux. On one occasion, my clamav found and removed a virus on my Windows partition, when I was still dual-booting. The interesting thing to me was that Norton was running on the Windows partition and missed it!! But Clamav found it.
For what it's worth.
owa

[nephila]

If you want something to run on the windows machines try ClamWin, it uses clamav.

[Gallan]

I didn't explain this right...

I would like to search and be sure that I have clean linux computer. I don't have windows but my friends have and I don't wana infect those computers. so just for linux use...I have tested clamav but is there any gui frontend? or is there any page that contains easy howto use quide? main use is check every mail and then every downloaded file and check hole computer every second week.

[kosmosik]

Originally Posted by Gallan

I would like to search and be sure that I have clean linux computer.

there are no active viruses for Linux. so yes you have clean Linux computer.

Originally Posted by Gallan

I don't have windows but my friends have and I don't wana infect those computers. so just for linux use...

ah, so you want to know when somebody sends you infected email? this is probably the only way when you will get some viruses (but they will obviously make no harm) to you.

Originally Posted by Gallan

I have tested clamav but is there any gui frontend? or is there any page that contains easy howto use quide? main use is check every mail and then every downloaded file and check hole computer every second week.

check out clamav page for howto...
I don't think you need UI here, you just need to integrate it with your mail system (f.e. use procmail to call clamav) and that is it. if you recive message with virus the system will add warning to message body, and delete the virus. no need for GUI...

[pigpen]

For the most paranoid among us, try these tools to make sure your box is still *your* box:

http://www.rootkit.nl/projects/rootkit_hunter.html
-or-
http://www.chkrootkit.org/

I prefer the first. cheers

[GaryG]

I have used "BitDefender". It is a linux command-line scanner. What I like about it is it will scan both linux and windows partitions. Of course , if the windows partition is ntfs, it cannot remove a virus (and you may need a kernel patch to access ntfs).
The last time I ran it, it found NO linux infections; but did find 13 infections in 22 files and 1 back door on the windows partition

[Gallan]

yep I'm not worried about my computer so much but my friends computers are differend kind I thats why I'm trying to keep my computer clean! I try to find out more about clamav and check machine with those root stuff!

thank you guys!!

Originally Posted by pigpen

For the most paranoid among us, try these tools to make sure your box is still *your* box:

http://www.rootkit.nl/projects/rootkit_hunter.html
-or-
http://www.chkrootkit.org/

I prefer the first. cheers

I agree, I run both of these, along with snort and tripwire, daily with the output emailed.

I've never used a virus scanner on Linux, so I have no idea about it.

[alphonsebrown]

pls a quick tip how to email output from snort lets say?