BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Best practices Copyright (c) 2006 SOFTWIN These are some steps you should follow to ensure a system free from viruses. 1. After installing BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices, perform a triggered update to have the latest virus signatures and engines. 2. Perform a full system scan to find any already infected objects. 3. Make sure the license key has not expired and get a new one before the expiring date. 4. If you use 'cron' or something else to do regular updates, make sure the job scheduler really works and you have always the latest updates. 5. When using the 'quarantine' action, so the infected objects are moved to quarantine directory, keep one eye on it. Check periodically the directory size, since it can grow rapidly and you could run out of disk space, and take a look at the files BitDefender has found infected. You could simply remove them if you are sure they are infected, you can double check them (the suspected objects can be false positive alarms) and you can send them to BitDefender Antivirus Lab as described below, for in-depth analysis. 6. Use BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices to scan all the files you have from untrusted sources, such as the Internet, by web browsing or email. Scan the documents, archives, programs and anything else that could contain malicious code. Periodically, perform a full system scan. 7. Send to BitDefender Antivirus Lab at email address all suspected objects for a prompt response to malware threats. To not be filtered by antivirus protected email servers, you can archive the suspected object, encrypt the archive and send both the archive and the key. -- BitDefender - Secure Your Every Bit http://www.bitdefender.com/