aioshin Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 (edited) Free antiVIrus software for linux.. well, it's not a sign that Linux is now prone to virus, but some people really can't just live without it ( I meant for the antivirus, not the virus :P ) 1. Avast for linux - http://avast.com/eng/download-avast-for-linux-edition.html 2. Grisoft - http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/lng/us/tpl/v5 if you find one, then just post it on this thread... Edited April 3, 2006 by aioshin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 F-prot is free too: http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/linux/ in the sense personal use at home :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 clamav urpmi clamav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aioshin Posted April 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 (edited) clamav urpmi clamav what the **** How come I forgot clamav? . . . :P Edited April 3, 2006 by aioshin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboy Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Panda: http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/linux/linux.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 :unsure: There's always AVG from Grisoft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Countable Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 NOD32, gents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 ESET NOD32 is not free. Since the threat of virus in Linux is weak at best, paying for something seems too disparate. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 ESET NOD32 is not free. Since the threat of virus in Linux is weak at best, paying for something seems too disparate. B) But a mailserver admin would definitely consider buying it if the detection was better (iirc NOD32 had a good reputation back in the day..). Many of the "linux virus scanners" just scan for Windows viruses. Does your ISP offer spam/virus scanning? -- they could well be using one of these solutions. I wouldnt be surprised if many of the free ones were limited and had pay counterparts for use in such larger scale situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 Another vote for AVG. Not that you need it. Or any other AV, if you're using a Unix-based OS. But I guess you could use it if you were running a mail server that served Windows clients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 F-Prot seems being a very bad product (while the windows version is pretty good- even back in the DOS days). 15 wildlist misses in the last comparative test of Virus Bulletin is simply way too many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaguy Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 A there any known viruses to which current Linux is vulnerable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 A there any known viruses to which current Linux is vulnerable? None, really- just some OOo macros and php scripts, which have pretty limited impact (at worst they will screw a couple of things at your local user account). But the system core will not feel anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 None, really- just some OOo macros and php scripts, which have pretty limited impact (at worst they will screw a couple of things at your local user account). But the system core will not feel anything. OT: I've always found this funny... how people say "oh, it won't be bad, you'll just lose your home directory". On Linux, your home dir is the worst thing you can lose. That's where your irreplacable data is. You can tell people to backup, but even then its easy to lose a day or two of work even if you do backup. Personally, I'd rather keep my home dir and lose my system -- a linux install is cheap and quick. I can get Arch up and running nominal in less than an hour. A basic Mandriva install can be installed with internet, office, email and other basic capabilities running in less than half an hour -- if not out of the box. So... let's not get ahead of ourselves here -- Linux isnt invulnerable, it just isnt being targetted yet. Inevitably, if Linux does get a larger market share on the desktop it will become a greater target. And in that case, you can expect to see a lot of emails, from which people will _still_ stupidly click and run the attachment. Or dodgy websites. Or bad passwords. Humans are still the biggest security flaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaguy Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Linux isnt invulnerable, it just isnt being targetted yet. I'm not sure that's entirely accurate. It seems to me many of the finest minds in computer science are looking for vulnerabilities on a daily basis. Just because they don't find gaping security holes, that doesn't mean they're not looking. Humans are still the biggest security flaw. That is absolutely true. I play a lot of WoW, and from time to time you'll get somebody spewing the most shocking racial jokes in public chat, which is a guaranteed way to get one's account permanently banned. I always interpret these incidents thusly: Somebody didn't change his password before dumping his girlfriend. Mwwwhahahahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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