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Old 09-14-2008
open source antivirus

Hello
What is the best open source anti virus?
Thanks

Last edited by DukeNuke2; 09-14-2008 at 09:22 AM.. Reason: this is no place for religion, only for unix!
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Old 09-14-2008
There is NOT always a best <fill in the blank> - There is usually one that best fits your particular needs, not necessarily mine.

clamav is used by a large number of systems, it fits their needs, you may want to look at it too-
Clam AntiVirus
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Old 09-15-2008
IN THE NAME OF GOD
Thanks jim mcnamara
but what is your opinion about Avast AntiVirus ?
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Old 09-15-2008
I don't think it's open source, so in that sense it doesn't really fit with your original question. I believe it's not available for Unix anyhow -- this is a Unix board, you know? Clam and F-Prot (commercial, not open source) are popular on Unix-based platforms, there are certainly others as well but you should really explain what you want it for if you want more than just a list of names and subjective "yea" or "nay" votes.
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Old 09-15-2008
IN THE NAME OF GOD
I want to run a mail server so i need to use an antiVirus for scanning the mails .
Our mail server is will be based on redhat.
Thanks alot
 
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