Re: [orca-list] antivirus that works with orca

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi Kendell,

the only GUI for ClamAV I have ever used on Ubuntu is ClamTK, but the
CLI tools work just as well and are easy to use.

However, as you said generally one doesn't need anti-virus on Linux
unless one is using it to filter mail or is on a network with Windows
machines where ClamAV comes in handy as a backup for whatever Windows
anti-virus software one might be using to keep the network clean of
malware.

I've checked out a couple of commercial anti-virus apps for Linux,
both were not accessible, and are now discontinued anyway. I've always
found ClamAV was more than enough for my needs.

Cheers!

On 7/26/14, kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com> wrote:
> hi
> There are also a couple of gui wrappers around clamav. The only one I know
> of here in arch is clamtk, but ubuntu might
> have more. There are, or were, proprietary av products by avast and comodo,
> but they're not accessible whatsoever last
> time I tried both of them.
> Linux generally doesn't need antivirus itself, it's immune to all of the
> windows viruses you find on the net. If you
> work with windows machines or maintain windows machines for others  clamav
> is good to have though. I suspect if linux
> viruses ever do become a problem either clamav will step up or another
> program will be created to deal with it.
>
> Thanks
> Kendell clark