From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 29 13:18:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90E1516A41B for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:18:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-142-072.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.142.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C20443D46 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:18:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p17.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.5/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k3TDHVh1073565; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:17:38 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20060429081603.029693d0@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:16:45 -0500 To: "Jim Stapleton" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20604290606h64e259d5w3d3c21891779eb06@mail.gmail.co m> References: <80f4f2b20604290606h64e259d5w3d3c21891779eb06@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Antivirus to scan files before going onto a Windows machine: clamav? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:18:56 -0000 Clamav works well but can be slow scanning an entire system. -Derek At 08:06 AM 4/29/2006, Jim Stapleton wrote: >Anyone have experience with ClamAV? Good, Bad, Ugly? > >Should I use something else, or is the only good alternative >pay/expensive (such as avast)? >Am I better at leaving the antivirus stuff to the Windows machine >(which has McAfee Enterprise)? > >Background: >System lags occasionally, and has crashed a few times, and is getting >disk errors (both HDs, one IDE, one SATA started this at the same >time). I suspect the motherboard, but can't be certain, could be Mem >or PSU. > >Could also be virus. > >So, I want to scan my backed up files while reinstalling Windows on >the other machine, before letting them go back home to play. > >Thanks >-Jim >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.