Second AV Scanner Suggestions

[Julian Field]

Glenn Steen wrote:
> On 24/09/2007, Johnny Stork <stork at openenterprise.ca> wrote:
>   
>> Thanks to everyone that has responded. I went with BitDefender.
>>
>> Now how can I confirm it is actually being used? I updated "Virus
>> Scanners = clamd bitdefender" but how do I know its being used?
>>
>>     
> MailScanner --lint
> ... if you have a reasonably fresh install of MS, that will do a test
> run with EICAR for all your defined scanners.
>
> If I'd choose anything extra ATM, I would be a bit ... hesitant...
> about BitDefender. It is a tad "fat" on resources. It does do a good
> job (I've been happy with BDC, ClamAV and McAfee (which we have "for
> free" by way of our site license), each has taken turn in "getting at
> the bad stuff", don't get me wrong), but ... the new version needs
> support (I've been away for a while, haven't checked the latest beta
> of MS... might be there:) in MS... It installs to a new location and
> has renamed the scanner from bdc to bdscanner... and maybe more...
>   
What changes do you think I need to make to the distribution? I didn't 
know about this.
> I'd look elsewhere... f-prot, f-secure ... there are a lot of scanners
> out there that do an OK job.
>   
One of the reasons I like f-prot is that it is very light on resources 
and is very fast.

Jules

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