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Originally Posted by Robs58
(3) Assuming that there is no currently installed anti-virus software,
what are some of the standard recommended anti-virus software packages that are available for Redhat linux?
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OK, you do realise that there are virtually no viruses in the wild that can actually infect Linux systems (and that, therefore, if you are doing this, you are doing it to protect other systems that are not Linux)?
And, I'm not going to answer this question. I don't have a copy of an up-to-date, installed, RH to hand. The way to find out is to use the package manager, and to query all packages that have, eg, virus, in the description. These will be packages in your configured repositories.
For me, they would be packages like clamav, but something like amavis might be more appropriate, depending on what you are trying to do.
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Originally Posted by Robs58
(2) Assuming that the anti-virus software in (1) is installed, how can I determine if it is currently running or not?
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...same way as you'd determine whether anything else is running...
Having said that, if you are running something, it would probably be a good idea to look at the configuration and any log files. You never know what you might find.
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Originally Posted by Robs58
(1) How can I determine if the linux server has any currently installed
anti-virus software?
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Package manager or the rpm command.
And, by the way, in discussing viruses, I mean viruses and not something else. Note that even for platforms for which viruses are a live issue, viruses are a relatively small part of the malware scene, so don't assume that if you don't have to worry about viruses, you have nothing to worry about.