Avirus

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Clam AntiVirus


Clamav (http://www.clamav.net/) is a GPL antivirus toolkit for UNIX. The main purpose of this software is the integration with mail servers. It provides a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command line scanner and a virus database that is kept up to date.

Presently I am using clamav antivirus on my debian system successfully.

Please look at the following URL to download clamav antivirus software. 

http://www.clamav.net/binary.html#pagestart

Look for the packages needed for your Linux distribution.

For instance for Fedora core 4 use the following URL. 

http://crash.fce.vutbr.cz/crash-hat/4/clamav/


Avscan works as the graphical front end for the clamav antivirus software.

Commands for running the clamav anti virus from the terminal. 

freshclam

It updates the anti virus database 

clamscan -r /

To scan the file system under /. It is to be noted that all the file system in Linux falls under /.

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Panda Antivirus


Panda Antivirus for Linux is an antivirus for Linux servers and desktops. It is an antivirus designed to be managed from the command line or console. To do this, an executable called PAVCL will be used.

The aim of Panda Antivirus for Linux is to scan and disinfect Windows and DOS workstations connected to a Linux server, as well as the Linux server itself.

Please download it from the following site: 

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

RPM can be downloaded from 

http://shareware.pandasoftware.com/shareware/pavcl_linux_i386.rpm

Tar file can be downloaded from 

http://shareware.pandasoftware.com/shareware/pavcl_linux_i386.tgz

The Installation requirement is at 

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

Working with the antivirus software 

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


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AVG Anti virus software

Grisoft Introduces AVG Free for Linux Virus Protection.AVG Free for Linux is the first commercial-grade antivirus product developed for free home use, providing maximum virus protection for single Linux computers. Peter Lipa, President of Grisoft, Inc, made the announcement.

Please have a look at 

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

The Linux version can be downloaded from 

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/lng/us/tpl/v5
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