[olug] Ati-Virus/Anti-Spam/Anti-Spyware for Linux?

[Charles Bird]

I have AVG network edition from i think its Grisoft. I havnt messed with it at all, its still in my huge email inbox for work. .tar.gz it is, dont know if its an easy installer or what. I think they have rpms too.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Lusk" <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com>
To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
Subject: Re: [olug] Ati-Virus/Anti-Spam/Anti-Spyware for Linux?
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 20:28:16 -0700 (PDT)

> 
> Yep; bots have been hitting my server for months, most
> of them trying to get in as root.  There are no common
> names (in any language) for usernames on my server,
> and I set up the accounts so I can be sure the
> passwords are to my anally retentive satisfaction.
> 
> --- Brandon Lederer <brandon at tolkien-movies.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I recently got hacked not once, but twice, because I
> > left root with the ability to SSH in.  This is the default in most
> > installs of Linux.  Reccomended fix for sure.   In both cases they
> > installed an IRC bot on the box.
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday 01 June 2005 09:37 pm, A-Wal wrote:
> > > Thanks guys!
> > >
> > >     At least I have an idea of where to look now. I'm currently using
> > > Thunderbird for mail, since that's what I used in
> > windows before.
> > > However, I noticed on the net that there are only
> > a few virus programs
> > > that are currently working with it like kmail
> > does.  I'm actually
> > > impressed with TB so far since switching to Linux.
> >  It catches 99% of
> > > the spam mail I get, whereas the windows version
> > was lucky to catch
> > > 50%.  I don't know why, since I spent a lot longer
> > training the windows
> > > version, and have only spent a few days on Linux. I did download the
> > > clam anti virus software, and it appears to do
> > what I need it to do.  If
> > > I were administering a network, I might set it up
> > on a cron job, but
> > > since this is just a desktop machine, it will work
> > fine if I just run it
> > > every so often.  My biggest concern is actually
> > not viruses, but rather,
> > > getting hacked into.  As you might have noticed,
> > I'm just now learning
> > > how to run Linux, and basically have a default
> > install of Fedora I'm
> > > currently running.  It'll take me awhile to learn
> > all the admin stuff I
> > > need to know for true security of my computer. Anyhow, until then, I'll
> > > probably start coming to the lunches and meetings,
> > and learn from all
> > > you more experienced guys.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Brandon Lederer wrote:
> > > >I integrate SpamAssassin w/ kmail seamlessly, its
> > really very easy.  If
> > > >someone would like to know how..... just send a
> > msg and I'd be glad to
> > > > tell you, or I'm sure google can tell you too. I've used FPROT for virus
> > > > stuff on linux before.  Personal Edition used to
> > be free.  If you can
> > > > still get your hands on it, upddates are free.
> > > >
> > > >On Wednesday 01 June 2005 09:04 am, Noel Leistad
> > wrote:
> > > >>well,
> > > >>
> > > >>clam works well for me/us as a virus scanner on
> > our email servers.
> > > >>www.clamav.net  Open source project.
> > > >>spamassassin or possibly Mail::SpamAssassin
> > installed via CPAN can do the
> > > >>Spam stuff, www.spamassassin.org
> > > >>
> > > >>Spy-ware on Linux, call me naive, but check out
> > AdamH's presentation RE
> > > >>firewall from Dec 2004. Should cover most of
> > your issues w/ spyware.
> > > >>www.olug.org then click on Presentations.
> > > >>
> > > >>Very possibly need to integrate both clam and SA
> > w/ fetchmail. I'm not
> > > >> good w/ that, but many here are... ;-)
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>Noel Leistad
> > > >>noel at metc.net
> > > >>noel at noelleistad.com
> > > >
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