04-14-2014, 08:16 PM
Hi Rob
I have installed ClamAV and it runs fine except 1 key problem. On Windows I'm using The Bat! plain text email s/w and have 10,000s of emails that I need to bring to Linux. But there is no version for Windows. I installed it under Wine and then installed a plugin called TBClamWin that calls ClamWin to scan each email or attachment.
First it's slow as each email/attachment seems to cause ClamWin to reload the ClamAV database which takes quite a few seconds. Second, it's not picking up a test virus. ClamAV picks them up on a scan but not when called by the plugin for an individual file. Maybe the way the file is passed or the way the return code is passed back. Unfortunately the plugin has not been developed since 2007.
I've read the arguments about the much lower risk with Linux but most of the people I deal with are Windows users and I don't want to loose reputation by passing on a virus, especially as I urge them to ensure their virus protection is up-to-date.
Hence now looking at Sophos and my other post about not quite meeting the Linux kernal requirements of Sophos
https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/index...opic=225.0
Thank you for your help and advice.
Alan
I have installed ClamAV and it runs fine except 1 key problem. On Windows I'm using The Bat! plain text email s/w and have 10,000s of emails that I need to bring to Linux. But there is no version for Windows. I installed it under Wine and then installed a plugin called TBClamWin that calls ClamWin to scan each email or attachment.
First it's slow as each email/attachment seems to cause ClamWin to reload the ClamAV database which takes quite a few seconds. Second, it's not picking up a test virus. ClamAV picks them up on a scan but not when called by the plugin for an individual file. Maybe the way the file is passed or the way the return code is passed back. Unfortunately the plugin has not been developed since 2007.
I've read the arguments about the much lower risk with Linux but most of the people I deal with are Windows users and I don't want to loose reputation by passing on a virus, especially as I urge them to ensure their virus protection is up-to-date.
Hence now looking at Sophos and my other post about not quite meeting the Linux kernal requirements of Sophos
https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/index...opic=225.0
Thank you for your help and advice.
Alan