[K12OSN] What antivirus software is being used on K12

[Brian Chivers]

Rob Owens wrote:
> I believe Linspire sells an antivirus package for
> Linux.  I'm not sure if it will run only on Linspire,
> though.  I believe it is not needed, but Linspire
> offers it because their marketing studies showed that
> former Microsoft users were not willing to use an
> operating system that does not have an antivirus
> package.  They sell it for money because it costs them
> to subscribe to the virus database.
>
> But again, I don't think it's needed due to the
> reasons Eric Brown stated.  Just make sure you use a
> firewall.
>
> That said, I would like to have a utility similar to
> Sygate Personal Firewall for Windows which alerts you
> anytime a program tries to access the internet.  Is
> there such a thing for Linux?  Sygate Personal
> Firewall would stop the traffic, ask me if it's ok to
> proceed, and tell me which program was trying to
> connect to what website/ipaddress.
>
> -Rob
>
> --- Eric Brown <ericbrown at mi-spot.com> wrote:
>
>> Here's part of the beauty with Linux, you don't need
>> anti-virus.
>>
>>
>>
>> One of the biggest differences between Windows and
>> Linux is that Linux is
>> incredibly strict with it's file permissions, and it
>> won't let programs run
>> or install without explicit authority.
>>
>>
>>
>> Unless you install and run malicious code as root,
>> you will have a difficult
>> time getting infected.  You will also find that
>> there are far fewer pop-ups,
>> and virtually no spy ware as well.  Most spy-ware
>> and viruses are written
>> for windows because it will let nearly anything run.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm sure there are others here who might be able to
>> explain better, but till
>> then, I wouldn't worry too much about it.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>>
>>
>>   _____
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>> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com
>> [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf
>> Of raimond at pc7.co.nz
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:36 PM
>> To: k12osn at redhat.com
>> Subject: [K12OSN] What antivirus software is being
>> used on K12
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I have been watching the K12 discussion for some
>> months and have found the
>> discussions very informative.  Thanks to everyone
>> who contributes.  I have
>> learnt a lot and am very excited about the software
>> and its use.  I have it
>> installed in a small 6 user test environment and was
>> wondering what anti
>> virus software is being used with this operating
>> system.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am using the Fedora core 3 version of the software
>> and would appreciate
>> any suggestions and assistance in setting up an
>> antivirus solution with the
>> package.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Raimond Donk
>>
>> raimond at pc7.co.nz
>>
>>
>>
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I've used Sophos AV for Linux on a couple of RH9 box's. I've also heard good
report about ClamAV (think thats the name) from the LUG I'm a member of.

Brian


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