On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 04:38:14PM +0200, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> I'm plannning to install a Linux machine which will be our mail server at my
> work.
>
> My question: since there are so many viruses around for windows, and many users
> simply don't follow any instructions you give them - is there an "anti virus"
> which scans incoming/outgoing email for viruses that I can use with Linux?
Two options:
1. I know that Eliashim has done some work in this direction (that is,
porting the anti-virus to Unix). I don't know where this stands, though
the last time I heard, it was already quite usable.
Call them.
(The reason I got involved has nothing to do with me wishing to purchase
such a product, by the way).
2. DosEmu and F-prot. Assuming the amount of files checked isn't extreme, it
shouldn't be a problem to setup a system that would use F-prot running in
DosEmu to perform the scanning, and report back the results (even a silly
batch file would do the trick, I'd say). This, given F-prot properly runs in
DosEmu. I never tried.
(F-prot is available free of charge for non-commercial usage, and at a
ridiculously low charge for commercial usage, in the DOS version).
Nimrod
