On 09/03/2018 05:16 AM, Joerg Lechner
via users wrote:
Hi,
doing onlinebanking in my bank contract I
read, I have to use antivirus sw, otherwise I would be
responsible for probably misuse. So far I made
onlinebanking, when I am logged in in Fedora without
antivirus sw. But to be correct, as the bank says, I would
like to use antivirus sw. For me it's no problem to have i.e
a F28 installation with antivirus sw separatly for
"critical" use of F28. I have F28 on an usb flash medium,
and 32GB flash media are not too expensive, so fo all other
usages of Fedora I don't need antivirus sw and can use
another Fedora installation. Which antivirus sw should I
prefer?
Kind regards
When I have asked about AV software for Linux, I am usually referred
to Clamav. I assume all distros have it available.
ClamAV is widely supported, but, like all AV software, is "high maintenance" due to the need to
constantly update pattern databases and the overhead of scanning. If a linux system has files
that have been touched by a Windows system then it is a good idea to use clamav. One approach
is to schedule scans of your "at risk" directories for off-peak times. Windows AV sw normally combines
on-demand scans with periodic full filesystem scans. Several years ago ClamAV had problems
with on-demand scanning but is now using fanotify:
MacOS has ClamAV. A mac user I know was at a meeting with high-ranking military and
government participants. The meeting documants were shared by passing a USB key around.
ClamAV on the lone mac in the room identified malware on the USB key. It is safe to assume that
all the windows boxes were running current mainstream commercial AV sw. Malware authors test
against "current mainstream commercial AV sw" but apparently ClamAV wasn't on the list.