From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RKB17-0008AE-RO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:40:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5583921C059; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:40:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93C19E00B5 for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:39:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwg7 with SMTP id 7so139816wwg.10 for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:38:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=ahTLKd8kGLs/fdptB5Opg6ahIym+BXnfPivOsXkCNs4=; b=u2q4GS6yJOiF5ul9hXf0dxh2mFIMyVsAa3QU75oYEt8CQbOi/A2MpHzgTBf3ZFDEfn l5U0131kxjckxRTyeUOb1R2kmKD7uqUhoL3RVEJUwijLIkecb8KR0R/4KOlzDyj9waxX FbpX9mWyGabmGf0gArTWc04y89LDhGPmhFMfg= Received: by 10.227.209.69 with SMTP id gf5mr9427650wbb.13.1319902739492; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:38:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id eu16sm21814377wbb.7.2011.10.29.08.38.56 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:38:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which desktop antivirus? Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:39:03 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.0.6-gentoo; KDE/4.6.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <201110221227.43568.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <201110221947.10374.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <13204333.o4Zo6Cxzgh@localhost> In-Reply-To: <13204333.o4Zo6Cxzgh@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1458725.LDpCfOYLPU"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201110291639.04734.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: c77b74135e20c31a5f6cff308e9e65f1 --nextPart1458725.LDpCfOYLPU Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday 23 Oct 2011 12:01:32 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Samstag 22 Oktober 2011, 19:46:59 schrieb Mick: > > On Saturday 22 Oct 2011 18:27:02 Dale wrote: > > > Mick wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > >=20 > > > > I'm asked for a desktop antivirus (the box is running KDE) but I > > > > have > > > > never used an antivirus on Linux. This page that I googled up shows > > > > a > > > > number of > > > >=20 > > > > them: > > > > http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-linux-antivirus-programs/ > > > >=20 > > > > Meanwhile, portage only lists clamav under app-antivirus/. > > > >=20 > > > > The machine in question is running kmail to receive/send messages > > > > from > > > > ISP mail servers and ssmtp to send log messages for relaying via > > > > said > > > > ISP. > > > >=20 > > > > What have you tried and what would you recommend for such a desktop > > > > setup? > > >=20 > > > I have to agree with most everyone else on this one. You don't really > > > need a anit-virus software to protect yourself. I do think it is good > > > that you want to protect others by catching them while on your machine > > > and then you know not to spread them around to others who can be > > > infected. I used to do this a long time ago but I have policies here > > > about sending messages to others. Mostly, I don't do it unless I know > > > it is virus free. If I get a video that is funny or something, I find > > > it on youtube and just forward a link to that. I'm sure youtube chec= ks > > > its stuff to be sure it is clean. > > >=20 > > > If you set up a process like this, you shouldn't spread anything but > > > you do have to think before hitting forward too. I think people have > > > figured out I don't forward just anything so I don't get a lot of > > > "junk" anymore. > > >=20 > > > I do agree on using AVG as someone else posted. I have that on my > > > brothers XP box. He likes it better than Norton that he used to pay > > > for. If you can get that running on Linux, then that would be great. > > > Another pretty good one that I used to use was f-prot but I think AVG > > > would be better still. > > >=20 > > > Dale > >=20 > > Is there an overlay that offers AVG or bitdefender? >=20 > looks like - but I just run the bitdefender script to extract, than used > dpkg --force-all to install. Works well so far. >=20 > You can get a free personal use licence on their web site. I am getting confused ... Just looked at the ebuild for app-antivirus/bitdefender-scanner-7.6.4-r1 an= d=20 it seems that the user has to fill in a form for an evaluation license only: http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Downloads/browseEvaluationVersion/2/80/ The free bitdefender only offers MSWindows downloads: http://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html#System Requirements To use bitdefender for good on a *nix it seems that you have to pay ... :( Have I got this wrong? =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1458725.LDpCfOYLPU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk6sHhgACgkQVTDTR3kpaLa4oACgmpuUJuMEcOSIYGyukqk3CcYX QCcAn0NyMWqDWj6Wb4zvYFE138MnnLjs =hhsJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1458725.LDpCfOYLPU--