On-access AV scanning
Wojciech Puchar
wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl
Fri Jul 27 10:51:09 UTC 2012
> Are there any current options available to support on-access antivirus
> scanning on FreeBSD?
>
FreeBSD doesn't need this as there are no viruses on that system.
> And yes, I know that neither FreeBSD nor Solaris are renowned for their
> sickly vulnerability to viruses, but we operate in a mixed environment, with
> a lot of Windows machines and ZFS file systems exported by SMB/CIFS, so we
> need the AV to ensure any viruses are stopped before they infect a
> susceptible machine. It seems a small price to pay to finally get a decent
> workstation!
No idea - YOU will not spread wiruses, and viruses from other winstations
will not affect you.
so just install antivirus software on winstations.
Or finally educate users as it is really simple to avoid viruses even
with windows
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