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There's also another free software called AntiVir. Actually, it is
free for personal use only.<br><br>
<a href="http://www.free-av.com/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.free-av.com/</a><br><br>
I found it to be very good, my computer was infected with a worm a couple
of months ago, it automatically disabled my Norton AntiVirus. I
update my Norton daily, but it was too dumb to detect the worm and was
unloaded from memory by the worm. The worm wasn't able to unload
AntiVir, so I was able to successfully remove the worm.<br><br>
Brian<br><br>
At 07:13 PM 8/16/2005, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Greets,<br><br>
Um, Tom, clamwin is a _windows_ port of the Linux clamav system! Both
clamav and clamwin are GPL'd software.<br><br>
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><br>
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>
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Tom Emerson wrote: <br>
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<pre>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 href="mailto:Robert.Leyva@warnerbros.com">
Robert.Leyva@warnerbros.com</a>)
Software Engineer
Warner Bros. Online
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