02-21-2017, 10:31 PM
Thanks for your response LL-user.
I went to the AV product choice URLs you provided but they looked kinda familiar so I think that's where I got my initial list of options in the first place. :-)
However anacron looks like just what I need for Clam-AV and grabbing it along with Clam-TK from "Install/Remove Software" is much easier than installing Sophos or Comodo. I might also take a look at fcron, which I bumped into from a comment on an anacron forum. :-)
I did go back and re-visit Sophos as it was still installed on my machine. After using an eicar.org test file I was able to confirm it was actually doing on-demand scanning, so that turns out to be a valid option for me as well. I just have to get used to it being command-line based - too many years in the Windows world has me wanting a GUI!
Here's to hoping I'll never have to actually interact with either option!
I went to the AV product choice URLs you provided but they looked kinda familiar so I think that's where I got my initial list of options in the first place. :-)
However anacron looks like just what I need for Clam-AV and grabbing it along with Clam-TK from "Install/Remove Software" is much easier than installing Sophos or Comodo. I might also take a look at fcron, which I bumped into from a comment on an anacron forum. :-)
I did go back and re-visit Sophos as it was still installed on my machine. After using an eicar.org test file I was able to confirm it was actually doing on-demand scanning, so that turns out to be a valid option for me as well. I just have to get used to it being command-line based - too many years in the Windows world has me wanting a GUI!
Here's to hoping I'll never have to actually interact with either option!