linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Linux, Samba, KlamAV and Windows Home

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Robert C Wittig <wittig.robert@...> wrote:
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> > He's doing it in the other direction though, Robert. He's going from
> > the Linux system to the windows system, running KlamAV from linux
> > against a mounted Windows folder...
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> > I think it's a permissions thing somewhere along the line, either on
> > the windows share on the windows side, or on the local mount point
> > (though usually the mounted share overrides existing permissions on a
> > mount point...
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> Doh!
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> I just scanned the email quickly, and, never having run AVWare on a *nix
> box (except for mailservers), I ASSUMED 'Windows -> Linux Samba Shares.
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> I am sort of curious, why he would be doing this... does he not have
> AVWare on the Windows box?
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My wife's computer is a Windoze box and I think it has been compromised. All the AVs in the world wont stop malware if the operator clicks allow every time. So I am trying to scan her drive remotely with KlamAV.