On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 7:52 AM, betty <
nicepenguin@webcanine.com> wrote:
> 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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Hi Betty,
You might look in the logs under /var/log/clamd where freshclam writes it's
complaints and boasts of success?
http://man.chinaunix.net/linux/efw-admin-guide-html-chunk/efw.log.clamav.html
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