SV: Anti Virus Software and which to get

[Julian Field]

Can you put that little lot on the faq-o-matic please?

At 10:36 19/08/2003, you wrote:
>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/
>---
>Stephane Lentz
>Alcanet International, Internet Services

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