I'm looking for a free VIRUS SCANNER for linux

['chris']

hi

I'm looking for a free VIRUS SCANNER for linux,
to scan all linux files and maybe use it in combination with a proxy server.

I have squid proxy server:

Squid Cache: Version 2.5.STABLE4

installed on SUSE 8.2

kind regards
chris

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Many moons ago, I asked this very same question.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=77096

There is one open source solution in the thread. I should have given the guy a bunny.

SEP

[Stuart Browne]

There's actually a few available now. The one I use is 'clam' ( http://www.clamav.net/ ). It has many plugins, including sendmail milters, samba AV libs, and can be reasonably easily put into a sequid cache path.

There's documentation and helper applications listed onthe website.

There RPM's available, including one for their pattern auto-updater (called 'freshclam').

[NiCK_76]

I use McAfee VirusScan Command Line for linux.It's very useful.And You can have a try

['chris']

@Nick
but can you scan with McAfee VirusScan Command Line ALL linux files ?

[NiCK_76]

All file? All type of file? what's your mean?
I use it to scans email queue and file on samba everyday.

['chris']

I mean to scan ALL FILES (all types of files) in

/root /etc /home /usr /var /tmp

etc.

[Ross Minkov]

Chris,

Check the following web page for a list of free virus scanners -- http://www.freebyte.com/antivirus/#scanners

Personally, I'm using Sophos to scan UNIX/Linux Samba servers, but that's not free.

HTH,
Ross

[NiCK_76]

@chris
yes, all files

['chris']

thanks to all !

[Fred Ruffet]

Chris,

Note that linux system itself doesn't need to be scanned. What you need to scan are samba shares, mails, and such files Windows can access. There are no viruses for windows (or nobody told me about).

Regards,

Fred

[Ross Minkov]

Fred wrote:
> There are no viruses for windows ...

Fred,
I am sure you meant to write "There are no viruses for Linux"... ;-)

Chris,
Fred brought up very good point -- you don't need to scan for viruses Linux systems that do not handle files coming from Windows. Usually that means unless your Linux system is a Samba server or a mail server you don't need to scan it for viruses.

Ross

['chris']

my 5 linux server are:
proxy , DNS, samba, print server, webserver

and how can I setup Clam to scan:
mail, proxy and samba files from cron ?

[Ross Minkov]

Chris,

See http://www.clamav.net/doc/latest/clamdoc.pdf

There is a good description there on how to configure it.

Regards,
Ross

[Ranjith_5]

Hi ,

There are more. The documentation also you can find in the same page.

1 http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/linux/linux.asp


2 http://www.centralcommand.com/index.html

3 http://www.thefreecountry.com/security/antivirus.shtml

4 http://www.e-zest.net/linux-server-antivirus.htm

5 http://www.bitdefender.com/index.php?tab=2


Hope This helps.


regards,
Syam