I realise that many people don’t see the need for anti-virus protection on UNIX-based systems such as Mac OSX and Linux. However, it seems to me bad form, to be in a situation where you might unknowingly pass on a file containing a virus to friends running Windows.
Although a new comer to Linux, I have installed SuSE 11.1 (KDE 4.1.3) on a computer for myself and also on one for my parents. I have spent some time without success trying to get the on-access virus scanning to run.
KlamAV 0.46 (using ClamAV 0.95.2) almost always comes up with the following message “The auto-scan process died unexpectedly!” I have tried adjusting the settings in freshclam.conf and clamd.conf but this has made no difference.
Please could someone walk me though the process of setting up on-access scanning or point me to a clearly explained solution already published on the web?
I note that there are other free Linux anti-virus products from AVG and Avast but it is not clear whether either of these provide on-access scanning. Any help or information would be most welcome.