> From: Raj Kiran Grandhi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:35 PM > Don Sutter wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I certainly hope the following doesn't start a flame war! I would like > > to use Linux to scan Windows drives for viruses. Since Linux is > > generally slime free are any of the Linux anti-virus solutions robust > > enough to handle Windows? Perhaps I should consider using VM, Windows > > and a Windows based anti-virus? Ideas? > > Did you give clamav a try? It is in the repos. > Avast has a version for linux. It is free as in beer for personal use. > > You can manage without an anti virus by running Windows in a VM if you > do not connect it directly to any untrusted network and if you do not > connect any removable devices directly to the VM. > > > > > Thanks in advance > If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. > -- Albert Einstein
I will second Avast. You will have to pay for a company use, but they do have a freebie version that you can use at home. There is not much difference between the two from what I can tell (in terms of what they can do). Plus their support has been really helpful when I needed it. I have nothing against clamav, but I have had such a good experience with Avast on both Linux and Windows that I have just stuck with Avast. ~S~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
