Linux doesn't *need* Antivirus... blah.. blah... whatever... I wear seatbelts not because I *will* be in an accident today... I wear them as I *might* be in an accident. I don't actually run AV on my Linux systems... My Windows 8.1 host was p0wned when I attempted to download/install a Matrix Screensaver from CNET. I thought that site was safe.. but there is definitely many reasons why I don't generally run Windows. Stupid stuff like this... ranks pretty high on that list. Anyhow - since the host in question is a dual-boot system with Windows and either Fedora or RHEL - I figured I should clean-up the Malware on my Windows partition while running it from Linux. This is the procedure for Linux: ### Install ClamAV and mount Windows partition yum -y install clamav clamav-data clamav-filesystem clamav-lib clamav-lib clamav-scanner-systemd clamav-server-sysvinit clamav-update clamav-unofficial-sigs mkdir -p /windows/C mount /dev/sda4 /windows/C ##...
Linux: The whole world made it for you... This blog is a collection of things I come across either at home or at work as a Linux Administrator. I have worked as an Admin working with Solaris, SAN, Backups and Linux at the Enterprise level for over 16 years.