AVG releases malware solution for Linux

Peter Dinham
Monday, 11 May 2009 09:36

Business IT - Security

AVG’s CTO, Karel Obluk, says the company is “particularly proud of the RedirFS element in AVG 8.5 for Linux.”

“The original intention was to discover possible ways of implementing an on-access scanner for the Linux kernel as an alternative to the Dazuko project. Since that time, the RedirFS project has evolved to the general framework of Linux 2.6. We have released the RedirFS as open source. This will enable much broader functionality than on-access scanning.”

Obluk says AVG 8.5 for Linux is distribution-independent, having been tested to run under FreeBSD, Mandrake, Mandriva, Fedora Core, DebIan, SUSE, Red Hat, Red Flag, Ubuntu, and other distributions using Debian packaging.
 
Licensing for AVG Server Edition 8.5 for Linux/FreeBSD is per connection, with pricing on a tiered basis, and Borrett says one and two year licence subscriptions are available.
 
According to Borrett, the product is available directly for purchase and download direct from www.avg.com.au, or through one of AVG’s more than 2,200 resellers throughout Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

However, it won’t cost you anything to download the AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5 for Linux/FreeBSD workstation from www.avgfree.com.au/downloads/.

Borrett says support for existing versions of AVG for Linux will be phased out in a few days, on 15 May, and he encourages user to contact their Australian reseller or AVG direct to upgrade protection as soon as possible.