free bitdefender worth it?

[Ugo Bellavance]

Greg Matthews wrote:
> is the free linux version of bitdefender maintained? I mention this
> because in a quick test, the latest version failed to detect
> Worm.SomeFool.P (ClamAV).

Yes it is worth it.

Did you check the date of the signatures with

bdc --info

?

> 
> Checking on http://virusscan.jotti.org/ and their version of bitdefender
> picks it up as Win32.Netsky.P at mm Most of the engines on this site pick
> it up as a Netsky trojan.
> 
> my bitdefender is 7.1-3, the site above doesnt provide version numbers
> but I suspect version 9 pro.
> 
> I tested by:
> /opt/bdc/bdc /folder/full/of/junk/df*
> clamscan --infected /folder/full/of/junk/df*
> 
> GREG