On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:43:25 +0200, Walter Hoolwerf wrote: > On 2005-07-26 09:30:13 +0200, Trace Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> Hi, >> >> I want to do some antivirus scan for my windows partitions in LiveCD, >> so, i want to ask some questions about these tools. >> >> 1. As i know, clamscan and f-prot can do this work for me. but they >> seems don't support NTFS. > > it's the kernel that doesn't support ntfs (all the way, read is > supported, write is somehow supported but pretty useless I think). > >> 2. My friend told me f-prot is too old to use. And in systemRescueCD >> and Helix, these two kinds of liveCD all use clamscan. Does it mean >> clamscan is better than f-prot? > > I personally favor f-prot over clamscan. F-prot is updated very > regulary, so it isn't to old (you might wanna ask him what he means by > that :S). The thing is, that clamscan is free software and open source. > So it's a much more logic choice to put clamscan in a free livecd than > to put (payware) f-prot in it. > > I really havent got an idea which is the better though. I know the > definition files of f-prot are very up2date and it works really well in > Windows. I expect to work really well in linux to. I don't have any > experience with clamscan. > >> 3. As you know, Windows have so many virus, so, can anybody tell me any >> kinds of tools in linux scanning virus for windows? > > well, clamscan and f-prot both do. I'm not aware of any other software > packages that do the same, though I'm sure they'll exist. > >> 4. Does clamscan have user interface, or is it just command in terminal? >> Thanks very much for any idea!! > > command-line scanner >
Actually YES, there is a KDE interface to clamscan. My friend uses it all the time. I looked at it once myself before I totally dumped KDE and removed it from my system.. Wish I could give you the package name but it escapes me right now. However, I DO believe there is a *.deb for it (but don't hunt me down like a wild dog and shoot me if I'm wrong <g> ) mr mike.. > So, I guess it's an command line scanner. Might be some sort of > frontend availble for it in the 3th party software category on their > site. > > good luck. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
