Currently, which are the "best" antivirus programs for SL 6 X86-64?

I am familiar with several Linux applicable antivirus applications:
Avast, BitDefender, ClamAV, AVG, amongst others,
but have not tested any of these on my current environment.

Any current recommendations?

Yasha Karant

On 05/24/2013 10:34 AM, John Lauro wrote:
> Linux can get viruses too including ones that could cause the
> symptoms
described. Not sure what you mean by oos viruses, but the claim was
blaster like, not the blaster virus. That said, it sounds suspicious
like an attempt to get you to buy something. Anyways, a virus on Linux
is possible, but you can use argus or tcpdump or a ton of other network
monitoring tools on your machine and see if it is spewing out random
connections that it shouldn't be.

>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "g" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "scientific linux users" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 12:50:12 PM
> Subject: is this a this virus or an error
>
> greetings.
>
> last night while reading articles at 'news.yahoo.com' using firefox 17.0.6,
> i had 3 pages opened and this message popped up;
>
> +++
> Excessive Sessions Warning
> Error
>
> Your 2701HG-B Gateway has intercepted your web page request to provide you
> with this important message. The following devices on your network are using
> a large number of simultaneous Internet sessions:
>
> 192.168.1.144
>
> The most likely cause of this issue is a ~blaster~ type virus which has
> infected the device. It is strongly recommended that the devices above be
> scanned for potential viruses.
>
> Note that a large number of sessions may occasionally be the result of
> application software or gaming software installed on the device. If you
> believe this is the case, click the ~Do not show me excessive session
> warnings in the future~ to disable this feature.
>
> To access the requested Web page that was intercepted, please close all
> browser windows and then restart your Web browser software.
>
> If you continue to see this page after closing all open Web browser windows,
> restart your computer.
>
> [ ] Do not show me excessive session warnings in the future
> +++
>
> i have, at previous times, had 8 to 10 pages opened and not received such
> a notice.
>
> curious as to what such a virus infected, i looked up 'blaster' at
> wikipedia.org to find;
>
> +++
> The Blaster Worm (also known as Lovsan, Lovesan or MSBlast) was a computer
> worm that spread on computers running the Microsoft operating systems: Windows
> XP and Windows 2000, during August 2003.[1]
>
> The worm was first noticed and started spreading on August 11, 2003. The rate
> that it spread increased until the number of infections peaked on August 13,
> 2003. Filtering by ISPs and widespread publicity about the worm curbed the
> spread of Blaster.
> +++
>
> i contacted bellsouth and the rep insisted that i had a virus that was
> causing message.
>
> when i told her that i had doubt that it was a virus, because i run linux
> and oos viruses do not effect linux.
>
> she insisted that "viruses have a way of creeping into a system" and that
> for $100, i could have an online scan run to check my system.
>
> when i mentioned that notice stated;
>
>    It is strongly recommended that the devices above be scanned for potential
>    viruses.
>
> rep insisted that meant my computer and not the dsl modem.
>
> needless to say, if she did not understand what i was trying to explain
> to her that i was not using oos, she has little understanding about any
> virus problem.
>
> so, have any readers run across above notice or know of any virus that can
> enter a linux system to cause such a message to appear?
>
> tia.
>