Hello Bob,

Spyware Terminator already has HIPS and behavior blocker installed. It has an option for regular and flexible scans and controls installation and execution of programs during startup or whenevcer they are running the first time. Then you can block or whitelist them.

I don't like "commercial" software even ST is one. But it is free, not reduced in its features and THE ONLY realtime clam protection yet. Moon Secure made me hoping in a realtime scanner, but the development seems to be dead and the programmers were to ambitious. They have probably underestimated this work even their program was a good start. But its api hooking method and poor detection together with program start problems was a reason for their resignation? I don't know. I have read here someone is working on a new clam based realtime scanner?

Regards

Thomas

The Russian ClamWin realtime scanner was very limited. It used API hooking but had some bugs due to the author not having an extensive knowledge about Clam/ClamWin operations. I believe it was only good for checking .exe and maybe .dll files, and the author shelved it. It had some promise. There's nothing wrong with API hooking as long as that's not all you rely upon. Avast uses it some, and it's turned into a pretty good scanner.

Regards,

Will the realtime scanner for ClamWin support Win 9x/ME? I'm a die-hard 9x/ME user, and there's no hope for me in that respect. I am, however, trying to work on some software for 9x/ME users, and intended to use the Clam DB; hopefully this software shall work well -- some day. But don't hold your breath. At present, too much CPU is being used by this, and I am learning why so many appreciate those who wrote the code for Clam.

Dave

Since we've not heard of any developments on the ClamWin real-time scanner, there's no way of knowing what the developers have in mind. The last word was it was dead in the water, but a fellow from New Zealand offered to do some work on it about a month or so ago. I've heard nothing since then.

As a practical matter, it's getting harder for software developers to support the legacy operating systems because of the increased functionality in new operating systems. Personally, I'm getting tired of Microsoft constantly changing Windows and forcing users to learn a new version every three years, so I'm looking into Linux!

Regards,

Regarding 9x/ME, very few file types need be registered or protected, and most can be removed from these OS while maintaining the features of each such OS. DOS and scripting files can be prevented from running on these OSs with very simply with a few simple observations of these systems. Registry and critical file protection is managed very easily by automating a few programs; although, I do not want to spell out these tricks except by exchange of ideas via a mediating moderator: hackers are smart. So, there is really very little to protect on a well-modified 9x/ME OS. Never-the-less, that realtime scanner is a b+++h to work on for any OS.

Regarding Microsoft, I have ReactOS on my other drive; Bill and Linda Gates are complete +++++++s.

Dave

I'm looking at implementing the following setup:

- SpywareTerminator with ClamAV for real time protection
- WinPatrol for behaviour blocking
- A dedicated SmoothWall firewall/router up front to protect the entire network. ClamAV is included in the most recent version of SmoothWall and with the addition of a few mods you can enhance it's ability to check for viruses, malware, etc. Dans Guardian is a web content filter and is one of the mods available. The POP3 proxy that's included in the default SmoothWall install allows you to scan incoming emails using the POP3 protocol. There's also a mod to check emails if you're using the SMTP protocol.

The SmoothWall is the key and I have high expectations that this setup would be very dependable. The TBird add-on would also be a possibility .

Yeah, one of the reasons for my love of 9x systems -- especially Win 95 16 Bit -- is the ease of protection. Even with 98 SE, the JRE is so old that IE can't be redirected when ScripTrap is enabled.

Dave

I love using 98 no matter what, and when Avast drops support I will just need to use ClamWin and run the program every time before I shut down the computer.

If this is what I need to do to keep using my legacy system then so be it.

Try Clam Sentinel by Aru. See the posts in User Guides at https://forums.clamwin.com/viewtopic.php?t=2411 in the ClamWin forums. I just posted something on setting it up. I think you will like it.

Regards,

Is there any date, when the on-access scan feature will finally be released?

I mean, this feature is in development since 2005...

Never, as Alch and Sherpya don't have the time and manpower to realize this feature. Search through the forum and you will see that this intention was buried 1.5 years ago. I am glad that these guys still support develop Clamwin on par with the original Clamav project.

Have a look on Clam sentinel. This is a very interesting monitoring program using Clamwin and it experiences continuous development and improvement. It works from W9x upt o Win 7 64 Bit.

Spyware Terminator is also integrating Clamwin as AV protection.

Regards

freefighter

That's really sad...

Are there at least other feature plans for future releases, that are developed on or just fixes/enhancements?

I thought there would already exists an alpha of version 1.0 with new GUI and so on (at least this was what I heared)...


Also, if there already exists a free monitoring tool for ClamWin under the GPL, why not cooperate or contribute with each other?
I mean it's not, that we are talking about an optional feature...real-time protection is a must-have thing for optimal virus protection.

I understand that ClamWin has received enough revenue from its association with the Ask Toolbar to fund some development and that work is under way on an improved ClamWin version. We will have to wait and see what develops, but I think that the chances are good that an improved version of ClamWin will be in our hands by the end of this year.

There is also an improved version of the ClamSentinel program now undergoing testing. If you are not familiar with ClamSentinel, it is a separate project that already adds a basic real-time scanner to ClamWin, which includes USB monitoring, real-time logging, and easier access to the quarantine folder. ClamWin must be installed/configured before installing ClamSentinel.

Regards,

Am I right in saying that ClamWin doesn't need configured to work on Windows 98? what I mean is there was a script if you remember that we had to copy and paste, but I am sure we were told that this wasn't needed any longer.

You wrote:

> "Am I right in saying that ClamWin doesn't need configured to work on Windows 98? what I mean is there was a script if you remember that we had to copy and paste, > but I am sure we were told that this wasn't needed any longer."

If you are talking about using ClamSentinel on Windows 98, ClamWin just has to be installed on the machine (or USB if you are going that route) with updates configured. Sentinel will use it to monitor in real-time, but you will not be able to do any scheduled scans unless you configure ClamWin for that.

If you are talking about using ClamWin by itself on Windows 98, it should work okay with the default configuration. You wil have to schedule automatic scans.

Regards,