SV: Anti Virus Software and which to get

[Stephane Lentz]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 05:19:31AM -0400, Gerry Doris wrote:
> > If you are non-commercial you can use Trend-Mircro for free. See
> > http://kb.trendmicro.com/solutions/solutionDetail.asp?solutionID=7353
>
> I decided to download and install Trend's virus scanner.  The trial
> version comes with virus data files that are 8 months old.  You can't
> update to the newest version unless you have a serial number.  The trial
> version doesn't have a serial number.

=> Once installed, fetch the latest scan-engine and pattern for
Interscan.
Connect to http://www.trendmicro.com/download/product.asp?productid=13
For linux grab :
http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/engine/vsapi6510rh.tar.Z
http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/pattern/lpt616.zip

# tar zxvf vsapi6510rh.tar.Z
# mv   libvsapi.so  /opt/trend/ISBASE/IScan.BASE/libvsapi.so

# wget http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/pattern/lpt616.zip
# unzip lpt616.zip
Archive:  lpt616.zip
  inflating: WHATSNEW.TXT
  inflating: lpt$vpn.616

# mv lpt\$vpn.616  /etc/iscan/

and you're done.

A virus scanner needs to be updated to detect new virus.



> Unless I'm missing something the trial version is just plain useless
> except to demonstrate how it works.
>

=> You missed a lot :-)
This scanner is really fast and signatures are updated quite fast.


SL/
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Stephane Lentz
Alcanet International, Internet Services