well, no, of course i am not running anything complicated (surely you
jest !) as you know my non-existent level of expertise. the primary
reason why i got the program, and it is running fine (i guess, how would
i know?) is that after 10 years of linux and never using a virus
program, i got an email from a friend that was obviously a bad thing,
didn't even open it of course, but nevertheless, it came into my
mailbox. then after that, firefox started running weird. (maybe
coincidence. so then i got concerned since i always hear buzz about even
linux and mac are not immune blahblah blah.) so what the heck i
installed it.
anyway, now everything seems to work fine.
i'll be soooo interested in what the list says.
and thank you again for all your previous advice on rsync and my new
computer w/hardy heron.
betty i
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.
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