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# 1  
Old 06-15-2004
How to scan for virus on a Unix Server
Hi,

I updated an antivorus software on my Unix server using, tar to explode teh dat files. But I don't know how to run the scan. Please can any1 assist?
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Old 06-16-2004
Which anti virus product are you using?
# 3  
Old 06-16-2004
Mcafee..
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Old 06-16-2004
A two-second search of google for "McAfee UNIX" turned up this file which contains the documentation for McAfee VirusScan for UNIX. Reading that documentation would tell you that variants of the uvscan command launch the scan.
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Old 06-16-2004
Thanks.
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