Is there a good antivirus working on Ubuntu (or debian) that one could use to scan a windows partition on a dual boot PC?

Check out http://www.clamwin.com/—it’s primarily a windows program, but there is a linux commandline version of it. I used it for a while on backup servers to scan the windows files to make sure nothing hinky was getting missed by the windows server.

@grumpyfish I’m looking into that, seems like, i don’t know, like a car kept together with tape, if you get my meaning… I was hoping something more “canonical” in the sense of soething that’s kept up to date and managed by the system itself but hey, it’s a start…

Hm, not sure what you’re trying to do then…

You’re trying to scan for viruses from linux?

The Linux version of Clamwin is called clamscan. You can install it by using Synaptic—search for “clamscan”—or install it by typing “sudo apt-get install clamscan” in the command line. There’s even a plugin for Nautilus, the gnome file manager: “nautilus-clamscan”.

Clamscan updates automatically in the background after you install it, so consider it up to date.

If you want to use a familar program from Windows world, try AVG Linux. It features a GUI similar to the Windows AVG one and the same up-to-date protection. There’s even a handy .deb file for easy installation—just download it and double click it.

@grumpyfish: Actually, on further inspection i realized that apparence isn’t a good way to judge an antivirus. I read about it and i have to say, that’s probably the best option, thanks a lot!
@potrick: yeah, i found them as soon as i fired up synaptics on my other pc, then i googled it a bit and there’s flattery al around…

I was going to say ClamAV too. I believe I used it with ClamTK to not have to use the command line back in the day.

The Linux versions of these anti-viruses are only going to search for known viruses and root kits on Linux. They most likely wont detect windows viruses on the windows partition.

They are not ignoring this option. Why would they want to scan for viruses that have no affect on their operating system?

@NerdRageIT Actually, clamscan scans for anything in its entire database (which is the same db as the clamwin).

It’s designed (essentially) for running on a Linux-based fileserver that’s networked to windows machines, therefore it’s going to scan for any known threat, specifically for those windows-based threats.

@NerdRagelT

Actually, ClamScan is designed primarily to scan for Windows viruses on a Linux server used by Windows users. Believe me, I’ve found many such viruses using ClamScan.