Business Antivirus für Linux

Antivirus for Linux servers, file servers and dual-boot machines, with a real-time file scanner.

Description

Linux servers are considered hard to attack, and that is partly true: fewer attacks target the kernel directly. The easier route runs alongside it. A file server where staff exchange documents passes an infected file on to every Windows machine on the network, without anything looking wrong on the server. The same applies to dual-boot machines.

Avast Business Antivirus for Linux watches that route. File server protection is a real-time scanner that checks files as they are written to monitored mount points, using Fanotify-based "on write" protection for Samba and NFS. CommunityIQ adds real-time malware protection with multicore support, which reduces the processing load on workstations and uses less power.

Scan output is built for server work: every detected malicious file gets its own line, clean files tagged "[OK]", unreadable files or damaged archives "[ERROR]", files excluded with -e "[EXCLUDED]".

Virus definitions keep themselves current: a shell script checks for new VPS and runs as a cron job every five hours by default. With the scan service enabled, streaming updates from the Avast cloud are added on top.

What's included

• File server protection – real-time scanner with Fanotify-based "on write" protection for Samba and NFS.
• CommunityIQ – real-time malware protection with multicore support for securing files on the server.
• Scan result output – one line per detected file, with tags for clean, failed and excluded files.
• Virus definition updates – a shell script that checks for new VPS every five hours by default.
• Streaming updates – a cloud connection that pulls definition updates as soon as they appear.

Who it's for

Businesses running Linux servers as file or application servers that want to stop malware from travelling through them, and mixed environments with Linux and Windows on the same hardware.

Good to know

• Systems – 32-bit and 64-bit systems including Red Hat, Debian and Ubuntu; dual-boot systems too.
• Installation – add the Avast repository to the system repository and pull the packages from it; configuration uses INI files.
• Licensing per device and term
• Renewal through the renewal product of the same name

All prices net plus 19% VAT.