[HSC-Unix] Linux Anti-Virus software?

[Jeremy Mann]

> 
> In recent days, we've been installing and updating McAffee Antivirus on 
> our PCs - and now Macs (!) running OS X.
> 
> I am wondering about Linux boxen - as weird as it sounds, is there an 
> Anti Virus scanner/software for Linux?
> 
> If we're going to run Anti Virus software on Mac OS X, which are 
> essentially Apple-branded BSD Unix, I figure we should probably run 
> Anti Virus software on Linux as well.
> 
> Which makes me wonder about Solaris too...?
> 
> Does privilege-separation in UNIX override the HOP requirement to 
> install Anti-Virus software on those systems?

The nature of virii and such just don't work properly on Linux/*nix machines.
Since there are true user permissions in *nix, installing something system 
wide will not work because of the user permissions.

There is antivirus software available for Linux, but its more towards the
server end, meaning it cleans mail or attachments.

 
 

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Jeremy Mann
jeremy at biochem.uthscsa.edu
University of Texas Health Science Center
Bioinformatics Core Facility
(210) 567-2672