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On Friday 02 Sep 2005 00:49, David Bell wrote: > Is it necessary to scan the whole system on a regular basis, if at all? > > i.e. clamscan -r / > > > /home/neurosis :) Personally, I am under the impression that clamav is more useful for a network which also includes Windows machines - as Linux viruses are virtually non-existant, apart from a few theoretical ones and a couple of specifc targetted ones for servers. Probably more useful is a rootkit detector in a single Linux machine with web access. At least thats the principle I have always worked on. Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html