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From: Freeman on 7 Apr 2010 04:00 I'll always be slowly catching up on comp tech. I was using Knoppix and ClamAV to remove a virus for a friend when the futility of it all hit me. The free anti-virus hopscotch game that windows users play to feel safe. What wasted energy--over an OS I boot into maybe 7% of the time. They screw up half the time. There isn't a big demand for ClamAV on the Debian partitions of a laptop/desktop. But I'll be scheduling scans of the XP partition from Debian. Doh! There is even a ClamAV *win32* for the unlucky. -- Kind Regards, Freeman http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100407075120.GB8987(a)Europa.office
From: Jari Fredriksson on 7 Apr 2010 04:10 On 7.4.2010 10:51, Freeman wrote: > I'll always be slowly catching up on comp tech. > > I was using Knoppix and ClamAV to remove a virus for a friend when the > futility of it all hit me. The free anti-virus hopscotch game that windows > users play to feel safe. What wasted energy--over an OS I boot into maybe > 7% of the time. They screw up half the time. > > There isn't a big demand for ClamAV on the Debian partitions of a > laptop/desktop. But I'll be scheduling scans of the XP partition from > Debian. Doh! > > There is even a ClamAV *win32* for the unlucky. > I don't scan my disk partitions with it, but all incoming as well as outgoing email is scanned with ClamAV (by amavisd-new). ClamAV with some 3rd party signatures (SaneSecurity) works quite well in that. Not because it detects good, but clamav_daemon is the only daemonized FREE anti-virus for Linux. And my Linux is a server for my Windows workstation. Without Windows, I would not bother scanning viruses. -- http://www.iki.fi/jarif/ You learn to write as if to someone else because NEXT YEAR YOU WILL BE "SOMEONE ELSE."
From: Monsieur Louk on 7 Apr 2010 09:00 2010/4/7 Jari Fredriksson <jarif(a)iki.fi> > On 7.4.2010 10:51, Freeman wrote: > > I'll always be slowly catching up on comp tech. > > > > I was using Knoppix and ClamAV to remove a virus for a friend when the > > futility of it all hit me. The free anti-virus hopscotch game that > windows > > users play to feel safe. What wasted energy--over an OS I boot into > maybe > > 7% of the time. They screw up half the time. > > > > There isn't a big demand for ClamAV on the Debian partitions of a > > laptop/desktop. But I'll be scheduling scans of the XP partition from > > Debian. Doh! > > > > There is even a ClamAV *win32* for the unlucky. > > > > I don't scan my disk partitions with it, but all incoming as well as > outgoing email is scanned with ClamAV (by amavisd-new). ClamAV with some > 3rd party signatures (SaneSecurity) works quite well in that. Not > because it detects good, but clamav_daemon is the only daemonized FREE > anti-virus for Linux. > > And my Linux is a server for my Windows workstation. Without Windows, I > would not bother scanning viruses. > > -- > http://www.iki.fi/jarif/ > > You learn to write as if to someone else because NEXT YEAR YOU WILL BE > "SOMEONE ELSE." > > Windows has (recently?) released Security Essentials which is surprisingly good for a free AV. Coulb be worth looking into it. The win version of ClamAV is, AFAIK, sadly outdated.
From: Ron Johnson on 7 Apr 2010 09:10 On 2010-04-07 02:51, Freeman wrote: > I'll always be slowly catching up on comp tech. > > I was using Knoppix and ClamAV to remove a virus for a friend when the > futility of it all hit me. The free anti-virus hopscotch game that windows > users play to feel safe. http://xkcd.com/463/ > What wasted energy--over an OS I boot into maybe > 7% of the time. They screw up half the time. > By having my wife/kids run Windows from "named" unpriv accounts, using Tbird/Firefox/ABP/Flashblock and not logging into social media sites, we've kept their system virus-free for 5 years. -- "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." Dwight Eisenhower -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BBC826A.60404(a)cox.net
From: godo on 7 Apr 2010 10:30
Freeman wrote: > I'll always be slowly catching up on comp tech. > > I was using Knoppix and ClamAV to remove a virus for a friend when the > futility of it all hit me. The free anti-virus hopscotch game that windows > users play to feel safe. What wasted energy--over an OS I boot into maybe > 7% of the time. They screw up half the time. > > There isn't a big demand for ClamAV on the Debian partitions of a > laptop/desktop. But I'll be scheduling scans of the XP partition from > Debian. Doh! > > There is even a ClamAV *win32* for the unlucky. > How ClamAV is really good? I don't have any problem with my XP last ~2y. since when I'm on Debian. NIC is disabled and driver uninstalled :-) In fact, rarely use it. -- Bye, Goran Dobosevic Hrvatski: www.dobosevic.com English: www.dobosevic.com/en/ Registered Linux User #503414 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BBC9615.4020604(a)dobosevic.com |