on-access virus scan
Brian Chadwick
brianchad at westnet.com.au
Sun Mar 2 01:34:37 UTC 2008
Marcel Janssen wrote:
> On Saturday 01 March 2008, Tim wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 11:07 +0100, Marcel Janssen wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to know how I can best configure on-access virus scanning
>>> on Fedora 7 & 8. I found dazuko, but wonder if this is the only way to
>>> get on-access scanning done.
>>>
>> It's generally considered unnecessary. Perhaps if you outlined
>> what/what you wanted to scan (e.g. you're running a file or mail server
>> for some Windows clients), someone might suggest some ways to do what
>> you want.
>>
>
> I have several samba shares to which multiple windows host connect.
> What I want to prevent is that one windows host can write a virus/worm to my
> samba shares so that other windows host can be at potential risk.
> I'm in a work environment where some users have local admin permissions
> (hardware/software developers). These users need full control of their
> stations at all times. Closing down permissions of these users is not an
> option. This is a risk, and therefore I like to protect my shares a bit
> better than currently is done.
>
> Regards,
> Marcel
>
>
have a look at AVG for Linux (grisoft.com) ... it uses dazuko for on
access scanning. As far as I know, dazuko is the only way for on access
scanning to be done at the moment.
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