Linux Windows virus scanners?

NetRAVEN5000 · 02-23-2006, 08:55 PM

I think my XP partition got shafted - when I'm running XP I get a message from Norton asking if I want to block some program from accessing the Net on all ports, and then I get some thing that says "Your Computer is Infected! Click here" or something to that effect and I'm afraid to click it because it might be a virus.

Anyways, I was wondering, since my Linux partition is fine, are there any Linux virus scanners that can scan at Windows partitions for virii?

Kirmonkey · 02-23-2006, 09:02 PM

Yes there is,

Try this:

aegis-virus-scanner

Not sure if you can tell it to scan the windows partition but it is a starting point.

use synaptic if you are running a Debian system or this site if not:

http://freshmeat.net/projects/aegis-virus-scanner/

blahpony · 02-23-2006, 09:03 PM

I use BitDefender to scan my shares. You may have a problem writing to an XP partition if its NTFS. So you may be able to find malware, but removal may be dangerous.

dive · 02-23-2006, 09:08 PM

Sounds like spyware/adware - try running adaware on it

NetRAVEN5000 · 02-23-2006, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blahpony

I use BitDefender to scan my shares. You may have a problem writing to an XP partition if its NTFS. So you may be able to find malware, but removal may be dangerous.

IIRC Linux can safely edit files on an NTFS partition, it just can't edit them.

Thanks guys, I'll give it a shot!

cs-cam · 02-23-2006, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NetRAVEN5000

IIRC Linux can safely edit files on an NTFS partition, it just can't edit them.

Thanks guys, I'll give it a shot!

Rethink that one

As of 2.6.15, linux can (reasonably) safely write files to NTFS partitions without worrying about not changing the file size etc.

NetRAVEN5000 · 03-26-2006, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cs-cam

Rethink that one

As of 2.6.15, linux can (reasonably) safely write files to NTFS partitions without worrying about not changing the file size etc.

Oops - not what I meant. . . it was kinda late when I wrote that.
I meant that Linux can't create new files in NTFS.