Free antivirus software reviews software for linux

AntiVirus Scanner is an anti-virus scanner for Endeavour Mark II that uses the ClamAV library (libclamav).

AntiVirus Scanner allows you to create a list of scan items for frequently scanned locations and features easy virus database updating, all in a simple GUI environment.

The Qmail virus scanner (QScan) is a mail filter for Qmail that scans incoming messages using the Sophos Antivirus engine, immediately rejecting infected content.

It is designed to be minimalistic, yet extremely fast and secure, and uses multiple pipes instead of the traditional temporary files and privilege separation. It works with non-native versions of the virus scanner like under OpenBSD with Linux or FreeBSD emulation.


You must create a temporary directory to extract MIME attachments, and replace Qmails original qmail-queue program with Qscan. Quick way to achieve this for the impatients :

mkdir /var/qmail/qscan
chmod 700 /var/qmail/qscan
chown qmaild:qmail /var/qmail/qscan
ln /var/qmail/bin/qmail-queue /var/qmail/bin/qmail-queue-old

Now, lets compile and install Qscan :

./configure --help

./configure [your beloved flags]

make install-strip

The last step is to replace the original qmail-queue program with our filter :

rm /var/qmail/bin/qmail-queue
ln -s /usr/local/sbin/qscan /var/qmail/bin/qmail-queue

Depending on your local configuration, it may be needed or not, but start with doing it :

chown qmaild:qmail /usr/local/sbin/qscan
chmod 6711 /usr/local/sbin/qscan

After testing, if everythings ok for you, remove the setuid bit :

chown 0:0 /usr/local/sbin/qscan
chmod 711 /usr/local/sbin/qscan

Yet Another antiVirus Recipe is a procmail that helps to filter out a lot of the most common e-mail worms.
For some of the above (plain iframe, clsid, xml, macro) e-mail is delivered normally but gets a WARNING in subject plus its old subject ($SUB).
Some of the warnings are:
WARNING-XML-CODEBASE-OBJECT-$SUB
WARNING-CLSID-EXTENSION-$SUB
WARNING-IFRAME-$SUB
WARNING-MACRO-$SUB
WARNING-NSCAM-SCORE:$NKNGS-$SUB
Main features:
- :: base64 signatures ::
- Most of these worms are MS-Windows executables and arrive at our e-mail encoded through base64 routines. YAVR uses especially selected signatures to locate these attachments. After that it places them in a directory (/virus/) sorted by name.
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- :: iframe html exploit ::
- Through IFrame tag a html encoded e-mail can download and execute a file from a remote http site without informing the user.
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- :: CLSID hidden extensions exploit ::
- Attachments which end with a Class ID (CLSID) file extension do not show the actual file extension saved and viewed with Windows Explorer. This allows dangerous file types to look as though they are actually innocent files, such as JPG or WAV files.
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- :: xml codebase exploit ::
- Usage of some xml objects allow local files to be automatically executed, regardless of the security settings on the target machine.
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- :: generic executable trap for bat, pif, vbs, vba, scr, lnk, com, exe ::
- The rest of MS-executable files that are not caught from base64 signatures end up in a virus-could-be file.
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- :: generic macro detection for doc,dot,xls,xla files ::
- MS-Word and MS-Excel files that contain macro commands are marked with a warning.
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- :: generic detection for most of nigeria scam e-mails (most of them) ::
- Nigeria scam e-mail is not a virus but a big spam problem... There are many good filters that use great algorithms for spam. This is just an add-on.
Enhancements:
- new switches for quarantine or not certain e-mailsbased on some ideas by Dan Smart
- YAVRQUARANTEXE if set to ON it sends unknown executables to /virus/virus-could-be as usual if set to OFF it delivers at inbox with a warning (and the X- header ;)
- YAVRQUARANTNIG same for nigeria scam
- YAVRQUARANTPRN same for porn e-mail read instuctions inside nkvir-rc
- X- marks in headers to help your own procmail scripts
- X-YAVR: MS-EXEC (any MS executable that wasnt identified by signatures)
- X-YAVR: NIGERIA (nigeria scam)
- X-YAVR: PORN (porn related)
- X-YAVR: MACRO (containing macro code)
- X-YAVR: XML-CODEBASE
- X-YAVR: IFRAME
- X-YAVR: CLSID-EXTENSION
- X-YAVR: SENDMAIL-EXPLOIT
- some more Worm.Moodown.b aka Netsky.b signatures
- another Mimail.Q

F-Prot Antivirus security software package has various components that help keep your system secure from viruses, backdoors, trojans and other malicious programs. The project includes the RealTime Protector, a memory-resident monitoring utility that observes all files accessed on your system, a Scheduler where you can set the Scanner to make automatic scans or updates on your system at any time and an Updater to manage all signature updates.
For home users using the Linux open-source operating system, we offer F-Prot Antivirus for Linux Workstations. F-Prot Antivirus for Linux Workstations utilizes the renowned F-Prot Antivirus scanning engine for primary scan but has in addition to that a system of internal heuristics devised to search for unknown viruses
F-Prot Antivirus for Linux was especially developed to effectively eradicate viruses threatening workstations running Linux. It provides full protection against macro viruses and other forms of malicious software - including Trojans.
Main features:
- Scans for over 191534 known viruses and their variants
- Ability to perform scheduled scans when used with the cron utility
- Scans hard drives, CD-ROMS, diskettes, network drives, directories and specific files
- Scans for images of boot sector viruses, macro viruses and Trojan Horses
F-Prot Antivirus for Linux Workstations is FREE for use by personal users on personal workstations

Web Submission and Review Software is a Web-based system that is used for the submission and review of papers to academic conferences. Web Submission and Review Software provides support for the entire life-cycle of the conference review process.
One of the goals of this software was to make administration as easy as possible. In particular, you never need to run scripts etc. In principle, to install this software you just unpack the zip file in some directory in your web tree (call it the BASE directory), point your browser at that directory and off you go.
I will very much appreciate any comments that you can give me regarding this software.
Enhancements:
Changes to chair/administrator interface:
- Added Undo/Redo link to the administration page
- Re-implemented the voting mechanism to allow multiple concurrent ballots
- Let the chair play with assignments of submissions to reviewers before these assignments are visible to the reviewers
- Let the chair manage PC membership, Edit review guidelines and setup votes also during the submission phase
Changes to reviewer interface:
- Allow reviewers to login to the site (and vote in ballots if any) also during the submission phase
- Added support for batch upload of reviews in a scorecard file
- Backup old versions of reviews and let reviewers browse the old versions of their reviews (this is useful, e.g., if they overwite somethign by mistake)

Panda Antivirus for Linux is an antivirus for Linux servers and desktops. The project is an antivirus designed to be managed from the command line or console. To do this, an executable called PAVCL will be used.

The aim of Panda Antivirus for Linux is to scan and disinfect Windows and DOS workstations connected to a Linux server, as well as the Linux server itself.

Panda Antivirus for Linux scans files using both string searches and heuristic methods. The target files of the antivirus are Word documents, Java Applets, ActiveX controls and compressed files (ZIP, RAR, etc.).

At the moment, it does not scan the boot sector or the partitions table.

Panda Antivirus for Linux is a freeware version: Panda Software does not offer technical support for this software.

Gibraltar Firewall is a firewall and router package, based on Debian/GNU Linux, which perfectly meets all individual requirements for a state-of-the-art firewall.
Independent of the kind of Internet connection (dedicated line, ADSL, dial-up connection), Gibraltar provides for secure connections. So you can turn to something more important without ruffle and worries - your job!
Gibraltar is free for private use. The private license is restricted to a maximum of 5 concurrent connections and includes the easy-to-use webinterface. For obtaining a private license, please contact us via email.
Attention: Without a valid license file, Gibraltar will not run properly!
For the private use of Gibraltar, no claim on support or guarantee can be raised.
All ISO images are copyright of Rene Mayrhofer and eSYS Information Systems GmbH, but may be copied and distributed freely. Several components of Gibraltar are under GPL or BSD license. For detailed usage licenses read the packet documentations under /usr/share/doc on the ISO image.
If you would like to distribute Gibraltar commercially, please refer to our partner program.
Gibraltar can be completely configured with the web-based configuration tool GibADMIN. The configuration of Gibraltar occurs over an encoded, secured connection, and can be done with any browser. The web-interface is designed intuitional and concise, and enables the administrator to change the configuration very easy and quick.
Gibraltar convinces through jutting flexibility and extensive functionality.
Main features:
- SYSTEM
- Live CD technology: Gibraltar boots and runs fully off CD-ROM
- No hard disk installation required
- Specially hardened Linux kernel
- Languages: English, German, Finnish
- Remote configuration with web interface (SSL 128 Bit) or remote login (SSH)
- Easy configuration management
- Automatic live updates: interval can be configured
- NETWORK SUPPORT
- Ethernet: 10/100/1000 MBit/s: static or DHCP, virtual IP addresses
- ADSL Ethernet modems: PPP over Ethernet, PPTP
- ADSL USB modems: PPP over ATM
- Modem dial in: serial, USB
- Unlimited number of network interfaces
- STATEFUL PACKET INSPECTION
- Protocol support: ICMP, TCP, UDP, GRE, ESP, AH, IPv4-over-IPv6
- Flexible packet filter: interface, MAC address, IP address, service, port,....
- NAT: Network address translation: dynamic and static
- PAT: Port address translation: load balancing (Round Robin)
- Free definition of aliases and groups: addresses and ports
- DoS/flood - protection: predefined, expandable
- Randomized IP sequencing
- Selective TTL manipulation
- Protocol pass through: PPTP, FTP, H.323, IRC
- VPN (VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS)
- VPN IPSec gateway
- VPN PPTP server: MPPE 128 Bit data encryption
- Network-to-network VPN
- Network-to-client VPN: compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP
- Unlimited number of VPN tunnels
- Authentication with PSK (Private shared key) and X.509 certificates
- Encryption: 3DES, Blowfish, Twofish, AES, CAST, Serpent
- Authentication PPTP: CHAP, MS-CHAPv1, MS-CHAPv2
- NAT traversal
- Perfect forward secrecy (PFS)
- DEEP PACKET INSPECTION
- Secure SMTP relay: incoming, outgoing, attachment blocking, block lists, antivirus and spam protection
- Transparent HTTP proxy: no client configuration necessary, spam protection
- User authentication: user list, active directory integration, LDAP
- Content caching
- Content scanning: antivirus, cookies, active X, java script
- FTP proxy: transparent outgoing, incoming
- Transparent POP3 proxy: antivirus, spam protection and protection of dangerous attachments
- ADDITIONAL SERVICES
- Dynamic DNS
- DHCP server
- Secure DNS resolve
- SSL wrapper for arbitrary services
- Portscan detection
- Antispam filter: rule based, Bayes, RBL, Razor and DCC
- ClamAV virus scanner
- OPTIONAL: Kaspersky virus scanner

PurpleView provides a paper review system.
PurpleView is a paper review system that was designed to help distributed project development. It serves as a collection of materials relevant to a field of interest, and its review capability allows users to distinguish good and relevant items from bad and irrelevant items.
Submission of papers in different Categories and Platforms aids their systematization. The sorting and searching features facilitate powerful and expedient data examination.
It incorporates discussion forums for each item, notifications and message boards, and features security logins and automated database backups that assure the systems accountability and availability.
The additional features added to PurpleView help increase its effectiveness. The systems notification and message board keeps members up-to-date with databases latest changes.
PurpleViews rank list shows users activity according to the submitted materials and reviews. Paging capabilities reduce bandwidth demands and improve clarity of big databases. Security logins and automated database backup assure respectively the systems accountability and availability.
Enhancements:
- dded the register_globals off kludge (Eric Titolo)
- put some comments in (Eric Titolo)
- added a db_prefix "pv_" in the table entries(Eric Titolo)
- added $server_name var(Eric Titolo)
- replace obsolete mysql_db_query with mysql_query(Lyudmil Antonov)