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I haven't checked McAfee's corp site yet, but I was wondering what you guys recommend for AV scanners in Linux, along with any fav MP3 players.
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Dunno about virus checkers (although given that theres only a handful of Linux-specific virii out there theres currently no real need) but as far as MP3 players go XMMS is probably a good bet. Most distros install it, look under Multimedia in the "Start" Menu of the Desktop Environment/Window Manager you're using.
I just installed f-prot, have used mcafee also. Don't know how good they are, but I'm planning to use it as e-mail scanner. It found the w32-klez virus in one of my mails, so I think they both work, f-prot has a script to update the virus-definitions automatically, well I haven't really tested it, but it's free for home use.
Cya lX.
Cya lX.
The standard player of KDE, noatun, works just fine for me. Also has winamp skin support now..
There are a number of anti-virus apps out there. However, most are for checking email attachments. I did see one that appeared to be stand alone. I believe it was called "AnitVir". Since I have not used any of these apps I am not able to provide any information other than they exist. Take a run over to freshmeat.net and search for "virus".
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The idea that because there only seems to be a "handful" of viruses out for *nix there's no reason to run an AV product is a fairly dangerous notion. If I see anything I'll post it.
for multimedia i would go for XMMS has lot of plugins and looks really kewl...
anti virri: i beleave sophos has an e-mail scanner for *NIX....
you don't need one for linux but they are usefull if you don't want to infect your windows loving friends
anti virri: i beleave sophos has an e-mail scanner for *NIX....
you don't need one for linux but they are usefull if you don't want to infect your windows loving friends
If they run Windows thats their problem
You might want to check www.ravantivirus.com for a very good suite of virus scanners. XMMS does the job, supports skins what do u need more? Did anyone try the "write-to-disk" plugin while listening to a Shoutcast stream?
For a commercial solution, check out "Vexira Antivirus for Linux": http://www.centralcommand.com/linux_workstation.html For a free solution, check out http://clamav.elektrapro.com/ (it's still in an early stage but it's good that it's based on Open Antivirus). Open Antivirus themselves have several projects including Java-based anti-virus toolkits which you can find at: http://www.openantivirus.org/projects.php Haven't tried any of these out but if you do, tell us what your impressions are.
Another option for antivirus is http://www.kaspersky.com/.
Try Antivir(new) or Kaspersky(old.....but good!)
