Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-06 Thread Athmane Madjoudj
On 07/06/2010 06:21 PM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >> I tried man 5 freshclam but it showed that no manual entry for its.I am >> not getting how to use HTTPProxyServer etc. please help > > You didn't read what he typed. > > man 5 freshclam.conf > ^ > > Note the ".conf"

Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-06 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 07/06/2010 10:27 AM, sandeep Patel wrote: > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Athmane Madjoudj > wrote: > from the manpage: > > HTTPProxyServer STR, HTTPProxyPort NUMBER > Use given proxy server and TCP port for database downloads. > > HTTPProxyUse

Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-06 Thread Athmane Madjoudj
On 07/06/2010 03:27 PM, sandeep Patel wrote: > > I tried man 5 freshclam but it showed that no manual entry for its.I am > not getting how to use HTTPProxyServer etc. please help > Maybe you missed "clamav-update" package. -- Athmane Madjoudj -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.o

Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-06 Thread JD
On 07/06/2010 06:34 AM, sandeep Patel wrote: > Hello, I installed the clam AV in fedora-12.But i am unable to update > it.My internet connection uses proxy.please help me And I downloaded > the freshclam.conf file also. > > > -- > Sandeep Kumar Patel > University of Hyderabad You need to yum i

Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-06 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Tuesday 06 July 2010 07:27 AM, sandeep Patel wrote: > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: >> See: >> man 5 freshclam.conf >> That was what was suggested. > > I tried man 5 freshclam but it showed that no manual entry for its. > That is what you tried. See any differences?

Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-06 Thread Michal
> I tried man 5 freshclam but it showed that no manual entry for its.I am > not getting how to use HTTPProxyServer etc. please help > > -- > Sandeep Kumar Patel > University of Hyderabad > Have you actually bothered to try and search for your problem in the archives and search engines? You can r

Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-06 Thread sandeep Patel
On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > On 07/06/2010 02:34 PM, sandeep Patel wrote: > > Hello, I installed the clam AV in fedora-12.But i am unable to update > > it.My internet connection uses proxy.please help me And I downloaded the > > freshclam.conf file also. > > > > > > f

Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-06 Thread Athmane Madjoudj
On 07/06/2010 02:34 PM, sandeep Patel wrote: > Hello, I installed the clam AV in fedora-12.But i am unable to update > it.My internet connection uses proxy.please help me And I downloaded the > freshclam.conf file also. > > from the manpage: HTTPProxyServer STR, HTTPProxyPort NUMBER Use give

Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-06 Thread sandeep Patel
Hello, I installed the clam AV in fedora-12.But i am unable to update it.My internet connection uses proxy.please help me And I downloaded the freshclam.conf file also. -- Sandeep Kumar Patel University of Hyderabad -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change su

Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-05 Thread birger
On Sun, 2010-07-04 at 09:22 -0700, JD wrote: > So far, clamav has not found anything in the mounted windows partition. > That could be good news or bad news :) :) Systems running windows from an infected disk are often unable to find the infection, as the infection often installs a root kit that h

Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-04 Thread Athmane Madjoudj
On 07/04/2010 05:22 PM, JD wrote: >On 07/04/2010 12:46 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: >> On 04/07/10 05:49, JD wrote: >>> I came across an article that mentioned some viruses >>> that can hide and move around on a booted windows >>> machine, and can evade virus scanner. >> You can also use someth

Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-04 Thread JD
On 07/04/2010 12:46 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 04/07/10 05:49, JD wrote: >> I came across an article that mentioned some viruses >> that can hide and move around on a booted windows >> machine, and can evade virus scanner. > You can also use something like Kaspersky, > which uses Linux as t

Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-04 Thread Dave Ihnat
On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 09:49:52PM -0700, JD wrote: > I came across an article that mentioned some viruses that can > hide and move around on a booted windows machine, and can evade virus > scanner. That actually happens often with the nastiest critters. You commonly simply don't boot from that

Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-04 Thread Frank Murphy
On 04/07/10 05:49, JD wrote: >I came across an article that mentioned some viruses > that can hide and move around on a booted windows > machine, and can evade virus scanner. You can also use something like Kaspersky, which uses Linux as the basis of it's RescueCD. Commercial app. or Clamav?

Re: A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-04 Thread Thomas Taylor
On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:49:52 -0700 JD wrote: > I came across an article that mentioned some viruses > that can hide and move around on a booted windows > machine, and can evade virus scanner. > So, I thought that is the windows partition can be scanned > by another booted OS like linux it would

A virus scanner on linux for windows partition

2010-07-03 Thread JD
I came across an article that mentioned some viruses that can hide and move around on a booted windows machine, and can evade virus scanner. So, I thought that is the windows partition can be scanned by another booted OS like linux it would make it impossible for the virus to evade detection and