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?
So, I just post the stuff here:
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Running antivirus software on GRML 2009.10 (Hello-Wien) *******************************************************
This is a list of antivirus software that has been tested to work or not work on GRML. Fortunately, all software I tested worked on GRML 2009.10 (which was quite different when I did this test a year ago). But of course that was not GRML's fault.
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
Avira -----
Avira is free for non-commercial use and a free 30-day trial is available for commercial use.
Personal: http://www.free-av.de/en/download/download_servers.php (Direct download: http://dlpe.antivir.com/package/wks_avira/unix/en/pers/antivir_workstation-p...) Professional: http://www.avira.com/de/downloads/avira_antivir_professional.html
To install: tar xfvz antivir_*.tar.gz cd antivir-* ./install
When prompted (except for the license) just accept the default. Dazuko will not work because grml's kernel does not support it, but you can continue anyway. You *have* to say Y (which is default) for installing dazukofs, though (even if you don't have the kernel module), since otherwise even the on-demand scanner will not start.
Before updating/scanning, start the avguard daemon: avguard start Update command: avupdate --product=Guard Scan command: avscan /mnt/somewhere
F-Prot ------
F-Prot Antivirus for Workstations is available free for non-commercial use as well and as trial for commercial use.
Website: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/download_fplinux.html Direct link: http://files.f-prot.com/files/unix-trial/fp-Linux-i686-ws.tar.gz
To install: tar xfvz fp-Linux-i686-ws.tar.gz cd f-prot ./install-f-prot.pl
(just accept the defaults, it will update signatures automatically when installation is finished)
Scan command: fpscan /mnt/somewhere
Bitdefender -----------
Bitdefender provides a Debian package (that works on GRML): http://content-down.bitdefender.com/repos/deb/pool/non-free/b/bitdefender-sc...
AVG ---
AVG provides a Debian package (that works on GRML) as well: http://download.avgfree.com/filedir/inst/avg85flx-r290-a2950.i386.deb
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.
Avast *does* work on GRML, Panda for some reason did not send me a download link at all. Perhaps you have more luck? ;-)
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Regards,
Michael