free spyware and virus checker for Linux?

Is there such an animal as a free spyware and virus checker for Linux?



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On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:02:03 GMT, Umma Gumma wrote:[color=blue]
> Is there such an animal as a free spyware and virus checker for Linux?[/color]

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On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:02:03 +0000, Umma Gumma wrote:
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> Is there such an animal as a free spyware and virus checker for Linux?
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ClamAV : [url]http://www.clamav.net[/url]
F-Prot (free, as in beer, for home users): [url]http://www.f-prot.com/[/url]

Viruses...
Linux viruses do exist, in theory. The main purpose for using AV on
GNU/Linux is to prevent prevalent viruses from spreading. AFAICT, The
most prevalent viruses are written with another platform targetted
specifically. For example, using AV could prevent you from forwarding an
EMail with a virus attached. I would say that the virus would need to be
"forwarded" because it is unlikely that a virus would be attached from a
native GNU/Linux system, and be self-propogating from that platform.

Spyware...
AFAICT, spyware is divided into two categories:
1. Designed to track a specific online presence and activity. This method
uses browser cookie tracking, IP connection tracking between collaborating
or associated websites (such as, was publicized with doubleclick), and
other forms of data mining.

2. More virus-like behaviour (keyloggers, rootkits, etc.) This form could
enlist the PC in a bot-net, etc. IMO, people would not be sane if they
allowed their computer to be controlled in this manner.

Given the stark contrast to the two forms it is important to distiguish
which form is of most concern.