There are so many Anti-Virus solutions designed to protect Linux File Servers but F-PROT is most popular among others due to following reasons.
F-PROT Antivirus scanning engine consumes low resources and scans fast exceptionally with reliability. The gateway servers rely on F-PROT Antivirus to fight against malware.
The File server version is a high speed virus protection which scans files and detects, disinfects and deletes malicious programs, such as worms, macro viruses and Trojan Horses as well as offering a real time antivirus protection.
It stops infected files before they are opened or can execute and uses advanced heuristics technology to detect new and unknown threats. F-PROT for Linux File servers is perfect choice and it is available for both 32-bit & 64-bit version of Linux.
The same features are also offered for other UNIX platforms such as Sun Solaris, FreeBSD, and AIX as well as for Windows. The antivirus scanning engine is also available for software and hardware manufacturers interested in licensing the F-PROT Antivirus SDK.
Features in F-PROT Antivirus for Linux File Servers
* Scans for over 1382780 known viruses and their variants
* Removes viruses safely without damaging the original file
* Scans all mounted filesystems, directories or specific files
* Scans archives and compressed files
* Automated updates to the virus signature database
* Can be configured to perform scheduled scans when used with the Unix cron utility
System Requirements
* Intel Pentium or higher / AMD K5 or higher
* Most Linux distributions, including SuSE, Red Hat and Debian
* 60 MB of available hard disk space required, 100 MB recommended
* GNU C Library (glibc) 2.2.5 or compatible
* Perl 5.8 interpreter
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Now Steps For How to Install F-PROT on Linux
# tar -xvzf fp-Linux-i686-ws.tar.gz # rm fp-Linux-i686-ws.tar.gz # mv /home/bruno/f-prot /usr/local/bin/ # cd /usr/local/bin/f-prot/ # ./install-f-prot.pl # fpscan --version
How to Scan Directories/Files using F-PROT
#fpscan --disinfect /shares/
How to Update F-PROT Automatically
Login as root user and run “crontab -e” in terminal to enter daily update entry via cron automatically.
#crontab -e _______________________________________________________ * 23 * * * /usr/local/bin/f-prot/fpupdate _______________________________________________________