From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 29 19:42:07 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 AE94C16A404 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:42:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from smtp5.suscom.net (smtp5.suscom.net [64.78.83.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AB7443D45 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:42:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp5.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6F8A510100 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:42:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp5.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp5 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 31803-01-13 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:41:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from seibercom.net (ip148.217.45.216.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp5.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 08EC85100F8 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:41:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.4] ([192.168.0.4]) by seibercom.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k3TJfoan002795 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:41:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:41:53 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: gerard@seibercom.net Organization: Seibercom In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20604290606h64e259d5w3d3c21891779eb06@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20604290606h64e259d5w3d3c21891779eb06@mail.gmail.com> X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20060429153724.6ED1.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.25 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new .250 at suscom.net 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 Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:42:07 -0000 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 > Personally, I use ZoneAlarm Suite on my WinXP machines. I have several networked together with my FreeBSD machine. On several occasions, ZoneAlarm has caught a virus that ClamAV missed during mail scanning. I am not sure why though. From what I could gather, the ClamAV signatures had not caught up to the new virus. I reload the Clamav signatures every 4 hours. The ZoneAlarm signatures are done once a day, however. Just my 2ยข. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net "Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny." Robert Heinlein