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Scanning for Windows Viruses in Linuxland?

Posted by Cliff on from the this-should-be-made-into-a-HOWTO dept.

rmmeyer asks: "I'm in the process of building an e-mail server for my company with a new twist. Since most of the clients are going to be Windows based (don't go there, I can't change 'em) and running Outlook (I know, I know...) I need to be able to scan the incoming and outgoing Emails for viruses. A quick check on Freshmeat shows fourty-nine projects related to email viruses. I intend to use Sendmail for the MTA with the milter API for scanning. There appear to be several commercial anti-virus scanners for Linux and at least one Open Source scanner. What are the community's experiences doing this? We expect to have 150 clients and potentially several thousand incoming Emails per day. Points are added for solutions that also include the capability of scanning Samba shares! =)" Ask Slashdot last touched on this issue in this article, from early March of last year, and before that in another article from October of 2000. I'm sure things have changed greatly since then.

3 of 45 comments (clear)

  1. F-Prot by Tux2000 · · Score: 4, Informative

    F-Prot for Linux, free of charge for personal use.

    I'm not related with Frisk Software except that I use their software.

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    Denken hilft.
  2. Not to start a us vs. them by Gigs · · Score: 4, Informative

    But consider Qmail. Its more secure than sendmail. Much easier to configure. And does all the things you requested. Here is the link for the Anti-Virus support. Check out the RAV product as it is can scan both emails and your drives...aka samba shares. Although it is a product you have to pay for... I consider anti-viruse one of those things that is worth paying for to make sure you're up to date.

  3. Amavis by Mr.Phil · · Score: 4, Informative

    I use Sendmail with Amavis and UVScan to scan for viruses on a 3500 user mail server. No complaints so far, and I've not had a virus slip past. I've cron setup to download virus def updates every morning and that keeps me fairly up to date. Using the newer releases that daemonize amavis help to keep the system load down.

    Overall, I'm pleased with the package.

    http://www.amavis.org

    (No affiliation with the programmers, I just use the product.)