Re: clam tk

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 <plug-discussion@stcaz.net> 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
>
>
>

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