Re: virus scanner

[Carl Riches <riches ms washington edu>]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Mick Mearns wrote:

> Hello list;
>   with the new MS virus out'n about I am looking for recommendations on a
> scanner.
> Is there one that uses Nortons definitions that runs under Linux?
> I want to scan the families Win98se partition.
> We do not use any MS mail programs, or address books.
>
> I want to do a stand alone scan.
>

You might want to take a look at Central Command Vexira Antivirus for
Linux.  They have a product that runs under Linux to scan files for
viruses.  We use their Vexira MailArmor product to scan incoming and
out-going e-mail messages on our mail servers.  It's been working overtime
the last few days...and we're happy with the results.

Carl

Carl G. Riches
Software Engineer
Department of Mathematics
Box 354350			voice:     206-543-5082 or 206-616-3636
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