Free linux virus protection ubuntu software for linux

Linux For Clinics is a Linux-based OS with a complete software package aimed at medical professionals and hospitals as a free and complete alternative to expensive proprietary software.

We are using Ubuntu as the base.

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

Aegis project is a virus scanner for Linux, Unix and Windows with a simple and intuitive user interface.

Aegis supports scanning of subdirectories, hidden files and .zip and .tar archive files, and drag-and-drop of files from the Nautilus file browser, or your Gnome desktop. When a virus is detected you can choose to delete, quarantine or rename the file.

About AVG Anti-Virus:

• AVG Professional Single Edition is perfectly designed to give you the maximum antivirus protection for your single home PC or workstation.
• It is simple to install and operate. No IT expertise is required and it can run in the background, providing uninterrupted protection. All file and e-mail activity is checked automatically, allowing you to get on with your work without worrying about viruses.
• It is extremely fast, reliable and light on resources, so, no matter how demanding a user you are, it will not slow down your performance.

Enhancements: Added detection of new variants of trojans SHeur2.ANNO, BackDoor.Hupigon5.LCW, SHeur2.ANOR, Downloader.Generic8.AXOI, PSW.Banker5.ONF, Generic13.BPUS.

Linux ICE is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 7.04 for your car.
Main features:
- nGhost Media Center 0.94.5
- Linux kernel 2.6.20
- gps support via gspd
- Improved startup time
- XFCE 4.4
Enhancements:
- Linux ICE Development team is happy to release the third alpha in the development series of Linux ICE. Code named "Veyron ICE Breaker", this breed of release has a significantly reduced footprint and contains all the new technologies available in the newest version of Ubuntu 7.04.

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

Impi Linux Desktop is based on the latest Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Desktop.
Impi Linux 7.05 is fully compatible with Ubuntu 7.04 and has all of Ubuntus latest features and enhancements . To this Impi Linux have added specific enhancements catering for more enterprise type requirements.
Main features:
- GNOME 2.18 and the Linux kernel 2.6.20
- Windows Migration assistant.
- Improved wireless networking support.
- Improved multimedia support.
- 3D desktop effects.
- Easy installation of media codecs.
- Easy installation of proprietary drivers.
- New improved artwork.
- Easy 3rd party.
- Quick diagnostics tools.
- New help centre.
- More and better hardware support, including support for Intel based Macs.
- Dictionary support for all 11 South African official languages.
- Network based authentication, with roaming support.
- Integrated desktop file encryption.
- Beagle, integrated desktop search.
- Extended Bluetooth tools and utilities.
- Better hibernate and suspend support.
- Better Ipod support.
- Podcast support.
- NTFS read and write support.
- Full LPI and Open ICDL documentation on the desktop.
- Impi first run wizard for OEM installations (only available to OEMs)
- Full Open Clip Art for Openoffice.
Office productivity:
- Word ProcessorOpenOffice Writer
- Spread SheetOpenOffice Calc
- PresentationOpenOffice Impress
- Desktop DatabaseOpenOffice Base
- Drawing SoftwareOpenOffice Draw
- Groupware and Email:
- Email, Calendar, Contact, TasksKontact
Graphics:
- Photo manipulationGIMP
- Photo managementF-Spot
Internet:
- Web BrowserFirefox
- ChatGaim
- ADSL/iBurst support via PPPOE.
Multimedia:
- MusicBanshee
- iPodGpodder
- VideoTotem
- CD extractionSound Juicer
- CD creationSerpentine