Windows-file virus scanning for Samba/Linux?

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, at 1:37pm, pll at lanminds.com wrote:
> Is anyone out there actively using some kind of virus scanner/
> dis-infector for Windows files stored on a Samba/Linux box ?

  NAI (Network Associates, Inc, who bought McAfee) makes a version of
VirusScan for Linux.  It can only scan files on command (no real-time
protection).  Maintenance and support for this product are suspect.  
Actually finding it on their website is next-to-impossible.  But it does
exist, and it does work, and I have used it.

  CAI (Computer Associates, Inc.) makes InoculateIT, and supposedly was
coming out with a Linux version.  From past experience, I wouldn't touch a
CAI product with a ten-foot cattle prod.

  TrendMicro has a suite anti-virus products, some of which supposedly run 
on Linux.  In the MS-Windows world, their products have a very good 
reputation among professional admins.  However, I have no experience with 
them in the Linux world.  Still, these people may be your best bet.

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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