- BitDefender A new free antivirus for Unix/Linux platform

[Blackwolf]

Today I’d like to introduce to you all a brand new antivirus for Unix/Linux platform from a famous company, BitDefender. A couple of days ago, BitDefender introduced a new antivirus for Unix/Linux OS called BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices.
Just because you use Linux, it doesn’t mean your computer doesn’t have viruses or worms. They are just lying dormant, embedded in the EXE files on the NTFS partitions, or hiding beside those DLLs on the dual-boot computers, waiting for you to send them to your Windows-using friends.

Unless you sadistically enjoy seeing your non-Linux peers suffer, you should act responsibly and get yourself an anti-virus scanner that runs on Linux. One such is the latest BitDefender Antivirus Scanner For Unices. If you agree to use it on your home computers only, you can have it for free - that’s free as in freeware, not Richard Stallman free.

Virus is a catch-all phrase, and BitDefender’s designed to catch them all - from executable viruses, script viruses, macro viruses, to backdoors, trojans, spyware, adware, diallers, and more. BitDefender looks inside files created by over 70 packers, compressors, and installers, from the most common ones such as Zip, 7-Zip, and .tar.gz to more exotic ones such as UPX, ASPack, PECrypt, etc. We found that it even picked up an infected file inside an archive split into multiple volumes. To avoid being caught out by Zip bombs, BitDefender has an adjustable compression depth.
Product Description

BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices is a versatile on-demand scanner built for Linux and FreeBSD systems. It provides antivirus and antispyware scanning for both UNIX-based and Windows-based partitions.

BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices is highly customizable and capable of script and extension-based integration with various applications such as file managers and mail clients.

Licensing

BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices may be used free of charge at home or on your personal computer. In case you want to use BitDefender Antivirus for Unices for business purposes, a registration key must be purchased through the BitDefender Online Store or from BitDefender certified partners
Features and Benefits

* On-demand antivirus and antispyware protection
* Script and extension-based integration with various applications and services:
o Mail clients (e.g. Pine, Evolution) and Mail Server services
o Scheduling services (e.g. Cron) ensuring scan and update automation
* Classic command line scanner complete with a graphical user interface for better integration with desktop environments
* Automatic addition of the scanner’s GUI to the system menu
* Three popular file manager plugins (the GPL-ed sources) included in the GUI package: Konqueror (KDE), Nautilus (GNOME) and Thunar (Xfce)
* Action setting based on scan result type

System Requirements

Operating System: Linux, FreeBSD
Linux Kernel: 2.4.x or 2.6.x (recommended)
FreeBSD: 5.4 (or newer with compat5x)
glibc: version 2.3.1 or newer, and libstdc++5 from gcc 3.2.2 or newer
Processor: x86 compatible 300 MHz; i686 500MHz; amd64(x86_64)
Minimum Memory: 64MB (128MB recommended)
Minimum Free Disk Space: 100MB

Supported Distributions:

* RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 or newer
* SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 or newer
* Fedora Core 1 or newer
* Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 or newer
* Slackware 9.x or newer
* Mandrake/Mandriva 9.1 or newer
* FreeBSD 5.4 or newer

For my Ubuntu system (dual boot with Vista Ultimate)

[drama]

Thats great news nick. Every since i moved over to amd64 i have been looking for a av-scanner just to be safe. Dont wanna send anything harmful to my friends. I used to use avast when i was on i386. But they have not amd64 packages. Although some say you can use the -force-archatecture switch to make it work its never done the trick for me and i think that is a very dirty "hack" anyway.

Ill have to give bit defender a try though. Used to use they're full suite on windows.

[stanca]

Avg from grisoft is only for the 32bit architecture too.I already gave a try to bitdefender yesterday and all went fine,you just need to give your name and email address to use it for free: http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-80-e ... nices.html, http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Downloa ... sion/2/80/ .For personal use you can request a free license: http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Product ... erLicense/ . Just be careful to download the gui version: http://download.bitdefender.com/SMB/Wor ... _RO/Linux/ .
Hey Nick,next time when you'll use a romanian product again you should ask for my permission.

[Blackwolf]

Avg from grisoft is only for the 32bit architecture too.I already gave a try to bitdefender yesterday and all went fine,you just need to give your name and email address to use it for free: http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-80-e ... nices.html, http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Downloa ... sion/2/80/ .For personal use you can request a free license: http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Product ... erLicense/ . Just be careful to download the gui version: http://download.bitdefender.com/SMB/Wor ... _RO/Linux/ .
Hey Nick,next time when you'll use a romanian product again you should ask for my permission.

Thanks for the links stanca.As of the day I posted this, I still he no licence ( waiting on the email from them )
Not paranoid, just cautious from the over bombardment in the Windoze days.
Can I have your permission to download the amdx64 link? Please ? drăguţ a face pe plac la

Edit....downloaded,remember to log in as root to install it

[stanca]

I have received the email with free license almost instantly(maybe because I'm romanian ).
Would you like mine?

[Blackwolf]

I have received the email with free license almost instantly(maybe because I'm romanian ).
Would you like mine?

Thanks got it last night

Seems quite nice.....for a Romanian product

[stanca]

Happily it is one of the best in the world,Microsoft itself bought it 2-3 years ago.

[Neji]

Hello,

The worlds most popular antivirus software chosen by over 100 million users.

http://www.trustdownload.com/Antivirus- ... virus.html

thanks

[Blackwolf]

Thanks Niji

You have been issued a warning......No spam here please

[stanca]