I'm looking for something I can run in the following manner:

1 Linux box, named "Terminator"
An array of windows and linux boxes

The array will vary, as some machines will be remobilized, but the network would be self contained, and the router would be configured to only allow access to the web, to the Terminator.

Terminator would run a multiplatform antivirus through network scans (I've worked the logistics out on this part, except the scanner). So far I've played with LiveDefender, ClamAV, F-Prot and one other one that came with a distro I recently lost in my mix of some 80 distro disks now. None seemed to removed much from a NTFS partition.

The ability to scan linux partitions is a little irrelevant since I doubt I'll ever find anything, so the ability to scan an ntfs partition is key. Using linux as the base scanner is also key, as there's other GPL technology is going into the handling the processing required, which is something that window's just can't provide.

So, here's ultimately what I need to know:

A) How to mount a network drive (with captive-ntfs for rw)?
B) Multiplatform scanner that runs from Linux? (To my knowledge ClamAV can scan Linux/Unix, so I really need windows covered. Solaris and FreeBSD too.. why not?)
C) Success stories with anything similar?
D) Distro suggestions?

I don't know captive-ntfs. ClamAV scans NTFS as well. IIGC (If I Googled Correctly) there's a Feebes port and Slowaris binaries as well. Distro suggestions based on zero requirements can't be worth much IMHO.