Just a note sometimes its good for us people to have an antivirus. We had an internal server with some infected files for a year. No one in our office used windows so no one knew. You may be passing stuff allong even though it doesn't affect you. On 5/2/10, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > I think it's a matter of comfort and best-practices; remember that most > users coming from Windows just expect that a virus scanner is required, it's > better to let them run one using the easy GUI tools now available than to > retrain every common practice up front. > Running clamav with the most common default settings doesn't hurt anything, > really, since it doesn't do any routine scanning unless you install some > addons. I have it installed on most machines as a cheap "just-in-case" (I > even run routine scans on many of them). > > It's true that Linux is *nearly* untouched by the virus scourge, but it's > still possible to pick up the detritus of a failed attack from a Windows or > Mac virus, and it's nice to have something to clean that up with, otherwise > those worthless bits of junk just hang around waiting to cause problems. > > On most desktops, setting a simple cron job to do a basic scan in the wee > hours of the morning doesn't hurt anything, and it can help ensure the > system's kept reasonably tidy. > > With a recent version of clamtk it's not hard to setup a simple nightly scan > (and as a bonus clamtk uses cron to do that) from the scheduler page. > > ==Joseph++ > > kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote: >> Hmmmmm... >> Betty, what are you trying to accomplish? >> From http://www.clamav.net : >> "Clam AntiVirus is an open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, >> designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways." >> Are you running a "mail gateway"? >> Do you even know what it is? >> (Now risking to be burned on a bonfire) >> Is there any value in compromising the performance of a machine by >> scanning for viruses that mostly only exist in M$ junk? >> There are LOTS of articles about it, and I chose the next one fairly >> randomly: >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/10/06/linux_vs_windows_viruses/ >> I would not waste my time (and bog down my machine) looking for mostly >> unexisting threats. Sounds to me like creating real problems to prevent >> potential problems or vaccinating against "headaches". >> Clamav is a complex sucker, I run it on my "mail gateway" >> (Yes, I run one) >> My free advice? >> apt-get uninstall clamav >> Fire away... >> ET >> >> >> betty writes: >>> ok, that is great. i looked and i did download freshclam and it is set >>> to update every hour ! >>> how cool is that. now i'll figure out how to set it up to scan once a >>> day or something i guess? >>> thank you so much. >>> betty i. >>> Joseph Sinclair wrote: >>>> ClamAV is typically updated via a separate package called FreshClam >>>> (in Ubuntu, apt-get install clamav-freshclam). >>>> freshclam is a background daemon that updates the AV signatures >>>> automatically based on settings in /etc/clamav/freshclam.conf >>>> (default us typically to check every hour). >>>> You can control the update frequency from the clamtk window (if it's >>>> *very* recent, many distros are behind in this) via advanced|schedule. >>>> If you prefer using a GUI, you might also look at klamav, which is a >>>> KDE frontend for clam. Be warned klamav brings in dazuko and does >>>> on-access scanning, which is probably not needed for Linux systems, >>>> and may be harmful to system performance and stability. >>>> >>>> ==Joseph++ >>>> betty wrote: >>>>> stupid question alert; please do not read if you have no patience. >>>>> I am using clamAV and clam tk, (3.05) so that i can use the gui. >>>>> it's supposed to have automatic updates, how will i know if it is >>>>> updating it's signatures? [using a gui] >>>>> does it run itself automatically or do i need to do that every so >>>>> often? >>>>> thanks again for all the help. >>>>> betty i. >>>>> webcanine.com >>>>> information for people >>>>> who care for dogs > > > -- Sent from my mobile device James Finstrom Rhino Equipment Corp. http://rhinoequipment.com ~ http://postug.com Phone: 1-877-RHINO-T1 ~ FAX: +1 (480) 961-1826 Twitter: http://twitter.com/rhinoequipment IP: guest@asterisk.rhinoequipment.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss