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Greets,<br>
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Um, Tom, clamwin is a _windows_ port of the Linux clamav system! Both
clamav and clamwin are GPL'd software.<br>
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I use clamav on my Linux box (I just scan my /tmp dir, as that's where
my junk goes that people send me).<br>
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At home, clamwin has found/removed virii and malware that our Norton
doesn't detect.<br>
<br>
I'd suggest having both, as clamwin is just a filesystem scanner. It
does not stay in RAM like symantic and norton do.<br>
<br>
I would change the default for clamwin from "just detect and log" to
"remove" in the preferences, then you might be successful against that
naughty bit of code? I highly doubt the malware would detect and
disable clamwin.<br>
<br>
<br>
Let me know if it helps.<br>
<br>
Me<br>
<br>
<br>
Tom Emerson wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Tuesday 16 August 2005 6:32 pm, Robert Leyva wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Try downloading and installing clamwin (clamwin.com)?
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heh heh heh -- you're lucky enough to be working in a part of WB that
encourages the use of Linux ;) As such, we are "supposedly" (?) protected by
norton at a corporate level -- in fact, they send an e-mail every tuesday
morning reminding people to leave their system "on" so the latest signature
file can be downloaded & applied automatically [as well as a full scan, etc.]
Turns out this is a bit redundant for me anyway as I've also set a daily scan
myself, but apparently that doesn't do much good if the signature file isn't
updated with the same frequency.
[ironically, yesterday I wanted someone to send me a group of files so he used
winzip to package them up for me, but when his message arrived it was noted
as "quarantined" because the attachment HAD A VIRUS. When he (and I) scanned
the file he created, it didn't turn anything up -- a call into the
company-wide helpdesk confirmed we "had the latest signature file" so we came
to the conclusion that there may be a blanket "rule" that all .zip files are
presumed to be virus laden]
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"Knowledge is Power." -- Francis Bacon
Robert Leyva
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Robert.Leyva@warnerbros.com">Robert.Leyva@warnerbros.com</a>)
Software Engineer
Warner Bros. Online
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