bit defender

[philcamlin]

ok i know this is probably a stupid question but i use bit defender to cleanup any viruses my grandma runs in wine

aparently any av in ubuntu is a windows only thing

can i repair the i/o errors or will it beatup my grandmas machine i dont want to screw it up

or is a virus checker thing totally useless

sorry ive never used windows and never plan to, too meny viruses

[mike555]

I believe those errors are because the scanner couldn't open certain files to scan them, a permission thing .........

[jimv]

A) Why does she have WINE?

B) Why not use a native AV like ClamAV or Avast?

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-for-l...rkstation.html

[Wiebelhaus]

A) Why does she have WINE?

B) Why not use a native AV like ClamAV or Avast?

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-for-l...rkstation.html

Bit Defender does support linux ya know..



From support:

The BitDefender scanning engine includes the number of I/O errors in the Statistics section of the scan report. An I/O error is counted everytime the scanning engine is denied access to a file. The files for which an I/O error is returned include the operating system files, the files in use, and the user-protected files.

* Operating system files: The files are in use by the Windows operating system and the scanning engine is permanently denied access to them. For example, the paging file used for storing the system virtual memory is inaccessible to the antivirus.
* Files in use: The files are in use by other software and the scanning engine is temporarily denied access to them. For example, using an editing software during a scan will deny the access to the files opened in the editing software. Closing the editing software before starting the scan will allow the scanning engine to access these files.
* User-protected files: The user initiating the scan is denied the access to the files. For example, although a user is allowed to scan the files contained in her home folder on a file server, she will not be able to scan the files from the other users' home folders stored on the same file server.

Basically I/O error is computer terminology for "unable to read/write"

[munky99999]

http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-8...or-Unices.html

[jimv]

Bit Defender does support linux ya know..



From support:



Basically I/O error is computer terminology for "unable to read/write"

Ah, I thought he was trying to run it in WINE

[philcamlin]

no its all good it was permission things thank god 699 viruses or whatever id crap myself

i dont like wine because it doesnt work for most things

thanks to all who helped