F-Prot Antivirus

alrunas

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Apr 17, 2003, 7:26:58 PM4/17/03

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Hi,

I successfully installed V3.13 of the above software and am having
difficulty trying to set it up to get the updates.

The F-Prot web site states that:

"To update the virus signature files for f-prot antivirus for Linux, use
the check-updates.sh script included with f-prot antivirus for Linux"

I would appreciate any help on how to do this.

Thank you. Al

dazed

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Apr 17, 2003, 4:54:26 AM4/17/03

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open a terminal then,

cd /(where ever)/fprot
su xxxx
password zzzz
./check-updates.sh

Hope that helps

dazed

Klaatu

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Apr 17, 2003, 9:19:52 AM4/17/03

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dazed wrote:

Install Xfprot gui http://freshmeat.net/projects/xfprot/?topic_id=861
or su to root and # sh check-updates.sh

alrunas

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Apr 18, 2003, 6:58:33 AM4/18/03

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>
> Install Xfprot gui http://freshmeat.net/projects/xfprot/?topic_id=861
> or su to root and # sh check-updates.sh

Tried this but it needed a wee bit of work (I'm new to this....)

Thanks
Al

alrunas

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Apr 18, 2003, 6:57:48 AM4/18/03

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>
> open a terminal then,
>
> cd /(where ever)/fprot
> su xxxx
> password zzzz
> ./check-updates.sh
>
> Hope that helps
>

Thank you!

Though it took me a while to find out where f-prot was installed :-))

Al

Peter

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Apr 17, 2003, 10:56:08 PM4/17/03

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this quote is from alrunas of Fri, 18 Apr 2003 22:57 :

>
> Though it took me a while to find out where f-prot was installed :-))

should take only a few milliseconds, use locate ....
locate prot

Of course, you have to have previously run updatedb (as root).

HTH

Peter

alrunas

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Apr 18, 2003, 4:44:46 PM4/18/03

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On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 14:56:08 +1200, Peter wrote:

> should take only a few milliseconds, use locate ....
> locate prot
>
> Of course, you have to have previously run updatedb (as root).
>

Beauty! This is getting exciting :-)

I find the command line a bit better than navigating the GUI which has too
many sub-menus and oprions....

Thanks.

Peter

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Apr 18, 2003, 3:30:57 AM4/18/03

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this quote is from alrunas of Sat, 19 Apr 2003 08:44 :

>
> Beauty! This is getting exciting :-)
>
> I find the command line a bit better than navigating the GUI which has too
> many sub-menus and oprions....

I find there are times when the CLI is better, and some things when the GUI
is better, but it pays to know about both. Try these links ...
http://users.netwit.net.au/~pursang/dtil/
http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/

good luck

Peter

sandra.r...@yahoo.com

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Sep 21, 2011, 6:40:14 PM9/21/11

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Hello Al,

I think you should check out http://www.opswat.com/ there are 2 or 3 products that may be a match. I think that OESIS Framework at http://www.opswat.com/products/oesis-framework provides a single interface to many antivirus packages. Another option is, I think, Metascan at http://www.opswat.com/products/metascan which is more for ISV.
I also found that many antivirus engines certified by OPSWAT at http://www.opswat.com/certified.

I hope this helps.
Regards,

Sandra