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Spacenick

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Registered: 2010-04-02

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Scan for Windows viruses on shared files without installing Windows

Hi all, ok I've got the following problem. i don't run any Windows even though I've got a msdnaa licensed Windows 7 that has had it's only run at a LAN party and is without anti virus software.
Now I've got a lot of Data that I want to share with a few Windows using friends, for example on a USB Key as a birthday present.
The problem now is that this data came from windows machines and I really don't want to give Windows using friends a Virus so what can I do to scan these
files on my Linux? Is Clamav up to date enough to suffice?

Last edited by Spacenick (2010-08-26 19:10:27)

lagagnon

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Re: Scan for Windows viruses on shared files without installing Windows

Is Clamav up to date enough to suffice?

Yes.

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skottish

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Re: Scan for Windows viruses on shared files without installing Windows

Is Clamav up to date enough to suffice?

Yes.

Just make sure that you either run freshclam before you do or set it to auto-update.