Open source Anti-virus

zeusys · 06-17-2006, 03:30 PM

plz help me about best open source anti-virus softwares and give me some links about their features.
'cause I wanna compare them by using their features.
thanx

win32sux · 06-17-2006, 10:16 PM

here's one: http://www.clamav.net/

zeusys · 06-19-2006, 06:53 AM

I need a link that gives me technical information about how antivirus and antispam works at different layers.
(Different layers: I mean how these softwares work and effect on gateways,fileservers,email server and clients.)
plz introduce me some useful resources,like websites,or books.

thanx

win32sux · 06-19-2006, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by zeusys

I need a link that gives me technical information about how antivirus and antispam works at different layers.
(Different layers: I mean how these softwares work and effect on gateways,fileservers,email server and clients.)
plz introduce me some useful resources,like websites,or books.

is this homework?? cuz it sounds like homework... either way, perhaps you could try googling for these things, as it's what anyone that posts links for you will probably have done anyway:

http://www.google.com/

here's two links to get you started:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Virus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stopping_e-mail_abuse

good luck...