BitDefender has launched a new version of Antivirus software for Linux and Free BSD operating system, although the Antivirus scanner is free for Linux Home users. BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices is highly customizable and capable of script and extension-based integration with various applications such as file managers and mail clients.
BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices Features:
- On-demand antivirus and antispyware protection
- Script and extension-based integration with various applications and services:
- Mail clients (e.g. Pine, Evolution) and Mail Server services
- Scheduling services (e.g. Cron) ensuring scan and update automation
- Classic command line scanner complete with a graphical user interface for better integration with desktop environments
- Automatic addition of the scanner’s GUI to the system menu
- Three popular file manager plugins (the GPL-ed sources) included in the GUI package: Konqueror (KDE), Nautilus (GNOME) and Thunar (Xfce)
- Action setting based on scan result type
System Requirements
- Operating System: Linux, FreeBSD
- Linux Kernel: 2.4.x or 2.6.x (recommended)
- FreeBSD: 5.4 (or newer with compat5x)
- glibc: version 2.3.1 or newer, and libstdc++5 from gcc 3.2.2 or newer
- Processor: x86 compatible 300 MHz; i686 500MHz; amd64(x86_64)
- Minimum Memory: 64MB (128MB recommended)
- Minimum Free Disk Space: 100MB
Supported Distributions:
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 or newer
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 or newer
- Fedora Core 1 or newer
- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 or newer
- Slackware 9.x or newer
- Mandrake/Mandriva 9.1 or newer
- FreeBSD 5.4 or newer
Unices? I thought the plural form of Unix is Unixes…
And I was thinking of going to Linux to prevent viruses… those people don`t respect anything…
Thanks for the info!