[olug] Ati-Virus/Anti-Spam/Anti-Spyware for Linux?

[John Dickson]

Trendmicro.com

A-Wal wrote ..
> Hello guys,
> 
>     This will be my first post on this list, so if my question has 
> already been answered then sorry.
> 
>     Ok, what I would like to have is a way to check for viruses, spam 
> and spyware as a regular user on a linux machine.  When I install either
> Suse or Fedora, I notice that it installs a couple programs that work at
> a server level, or at least that's what I think they're for.  I'm not 
> running a mail server.  All I do is pull my email off of Cox and read 
> it, or surf the web.  I tried doing a search for something like this, 
> but I couldn't find anything I felt secure in just downloading.  What 
> I'm looking for is something that functions like Norton AVG, checking 
> each email as I get them, and in general, making sure I don't get 
> anything I don't want.  I would also like to be able to scan the whole
> system as SU to make sure nothing got past my user account.  It would be
> nice if it was free and open source, but it's more important that it be
> updated regularly for new viruses and stuff.  As things stand, I have no
> idea what software to use or trust, which makes it hard.
> 
>  Any comments would be welcome.
> Thanks!
> 
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