eScan for Linux Desktops (eScan) is a reliable virus scanning software for machines running on Linux. eScan protects your machines from virus and other threats. It offers a complete and secure anti-virus security solution.

With the increased penetration of Linux as an alternate operating system for desktops, attacks on Linux based machines has increased. About 90% of the viruses today enter the organizations via Internet and through emails. The only solution is to provide content security or, in a broader sense, on demand software application that can be launched as and when required. eScan for Linux desktops answers all the needs.

eScan works as an on-demand software application that can be called when you need it.

It has a sophisticated heuristic scan engine that can currently recognize over 1,20,000 viruses.

When viruses are detected you can run preset actions like disinfect, delete the infected file, rename it, prompt for users action, etc.

eScan reads inside the data stream of a file to detect hidden viruses.

The application can scan virtually all types of files including zipped and archived files.

eScan has the facility of automatically downloading updates as per a schedule you can set.

Features of eScan for Linux Desktops:

Anti-Virus Status
eScan for Linux has a menu that gives important information such as the date of virus signatures were downloaded the eScan anti-virus engine version and the total number of virus that can be removed.

Virus Scanning Features

SCANNING FILES AND DIRECTORIES
eScan allows you to select different objects in your system and scan them for viruses. You can select and scan any directory or file, your whole computer, directories in your system and also running process for memory resident viruses.

SET ACTIONS FOR INFECTED FILES
When infected files are detected, you can set the action to be taken. The actions that can be preset include renaming the infected file, quarantining it to a special directory, cleaning the file and if that fails, either rename or delete the file, etc.
Another feature is that you can select specific file types for scanning. Different file types like packed, mail databases, archived, plain mail, self-extracting archived files.

Download Updates
New viruses appear everyday. Updates are vaccines that detect and remove them. eScan can be configured to download updates from MicroWorld's free download sites.

Schedule for Scanning
You can set a schedule to automatically scan your system at a preset time. When virus infected files are detected, actions you have selected earlier are run.

View eScan Log
eScan generates a comprehensive log of anti-virus activity. The log shows date and time when scanning was done, path and name of objects scanned.

System Requirements:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
Red Hat Linux 9
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
Mandrake Linux 9.2

30 MB of free space + Logs and quarantine