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clamav virus detection

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I've just gotta tell you how impressed I am with this virus detection program! There is one app I must run under Windows so I booted into XP home edition to run it. Things just didn't seem to be running right so I rebooted twice to try to make the problem go away but it came right back.

Then I got suspicious...

I then booted into Slackware and ran clamscan on my Windows partition at /dev/hda1. Sure enough, there was a virus there! Clamav detected it, and it didn't cost me a penny like with Norton, McAffee et al. If you have a Linux partition on your hard drive but mainly use Windows, clamav will save you a lot of headaches and money if you suspect your Windows has a virus. I highly recommend it! :)
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Re: clamav virus detection

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Even if you don't have Linux installed, there's ClamWin:
http://www.clamwin.net/


I use AntiVir for my Windows XP:
http://www.freeav.com/
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Didn't know that existed! Thanks yochenhsieh! :)
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