RAV AntiVirus for Samba (Linux) is, as the name describes it, an antivirus product 100% dedicated to Linux, protecting file servers from viruses and other malwares, regardless of the systems targeted. Due to integration of a cutting edge technology named "total platform independence", RAV engine detects all malwares, be it for Windows, Linux or other OS. . .
RAV AntiVirus for Samba (Linux) is, as the name describes it, an antivirus product 100% dedicated to Linux, protecting file servers from viruses and other malwares, regardless of the systems targeted. Due to integration of a cutting edge technology named "total platform independence", RAV engine detects all malwares, be it for Windows, Linux or other OS. This is very important, never mind useful, especially when samba shares are used on a file server.

RAV AntiVirus for Samba (Linux) scans on open and on close all files copied to or accessed from samba shares. Completely configurable using command lines, the antivirus provided by GeCAD Software runs as a service, and is designed to use an internal cache for recently used files, technology that increases speed when the on access scan is performed. Speed is also optimized due to the Integrity Checker technology within the engine that increases the detection speed with more than 50%.

Given that file servers are particularly demanding when it comes to protection measures for the stored files, an antivirus comes as a must on such systems. The advantage of server shares is that the stored files are being backed up periodically. The major downside consists in the mere nature of shares, which are available to some users in the network for creating/modifying files. If a file is infected, the virus will spread to the other files on the server. From there on, the infection is hard to control. If RAV AntiVirus for Samba (Linux) is installed on that server, the on access scan will detect the infected file and clean/delete/block it, avoiding the spreading and any virus inflicted damage.

About RAV AntiVirus
RAV AntiVirus is a reliable, proprietary engine antivirus, produced by GeCAD Software and distributed in over 100 countries on all continents. RAV family also includes RAV AntiVirus Desktop, RAV AntiVirus for Mail Servers and RAV AntiVirus MailFilter. All RAV products use the total platform independent RAV engine, which now detects nearly 74,000 virus signatures.

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