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Re: antivirus for linux
From: Mircea MITU <mmitu () bitdefender com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:52:36 +0300
On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 20:24 -0300, Bruno França dos Reis wrote:
Hello guys I'm kinda new to linux, and getting more and more worried about security. I was wondering: is it necessary for me to have an anti-virus application? If so, is it a "live scanner", like the ones I know for windows?
Usually you need a linux antivirus to filter and protect windows workstations from the network. This means a gateway antivirus, like a mail-server filter, file server antivirus (for samba) or other proxies. A good linux antivirus includes a command-line scanner which can be ordered or scheduled to scan the filesystem or remote mount points (Samba, NFS, FTP, etc). To protect only your Linux systems, you need a regular Linux Antivirus, IDS/IPS solutions and a good firewall policy. Additional tools like chkrootkit also may help you.
Do you recommend using an anti-virus software? If so, which?
Humm, try freshmeat and google: http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=linux+antivirus http://www.google.com/search?q=samba+antivirus
Moreover, I have a linux firewall. Is there any way for me to detect virus activity trying either to break into a computer (like Sasser or others like it) or to detect incoming mail with virus? Note: my firewall isn't my mail server. I was wondering if it could sniff connections to pop mail servers and detect virus code.
Yes, you can have some antivirus proxies (SMTP/POP3/etc) which can scan the traffic for viruses and malware. Also you can implement IDS/IPS solutions.
Thanks in advance. Bruno Reis
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