On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 08:22:23PM +0100, Michael Schierl wrote:
Hi,
I tested a few antivirus engines in the last weeks and I wanted to summarize what I found out (all engines I tested could be used on a GRML live CD which is very cool) but it seems I cannot create pages in the wiki?
I've created one for you that you can edit. http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=antivirus
ClamAV
Clamav has the advantage it is included in grml. Unfortunately as of writing this, the scan engine is not the latest one available. You can scan anyway, a few of the newest signatures will not work, though.
Update command: freshclam scan command: clamscan /mnt/somewhere
Did you try to upgrade the debian package to the latest version?
BTW: Had to clean some machines, too, recently. In my case clamav missed a lot of viruses/trojans :-(
Avast and Panda
Avast provide download for trial versions for their Linux products only by e-mail. So, if you really want to try them, fill in their web forms and receive link and license file by e-mail.
avast4workstation can be downloaded directly: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-for-linux-edition.html You still need the license key though.
Thx for documentating your work.
greets Jimmy