Chapter 2. Product features
The acquisition and installation of an antivirus product for the personal or company's
systems is the most efficient way of preventing the infection of a computer and the
spreading of viruses inside the company, and outside the company as well.
2.1. BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices
BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices is the solution SOFTWIN offers for the
antivirus protection of individual Linux systems. It uses the most advanced
multi-platform virus inspection technology which scans for viruses and other malware
on your personal system.
The on-demand scanner, for command line or shell scripts, features manual scan of
individual files or entire file systems, malicious code detection and removal. After each
scan, the program displays a detailed report on positive virus detections. Thanks to
BitDefender scan engines advanced features, new, undiscovered threats can be
detected and immediately eliminated from the system.
All the files specified in the command line are scanned using the BitDefender scan
engines. This technology detects all the viruses from common files, archives or
mailboxes. BitDefender features built-in support for more than 80 packed files formats,
including RAR, ZIP, ARJ, LZH, LHA, ACE, GZIP, TARGZ, JAR, UUE, MIME or CAB
archives, no matter how they were created (self-extractable, multivolume, etc).
In case an infection is found, the file will be treated corresponding to the selected
option (disinfection, deletion, isolation in the quarantine area or just reporting) and
notifications will be sent to console, as well as to the log file.
For ensuring a superior and efficient antivirus protection, BitDefender Antivirus Scanner
for Unices was designed with built-in update function.
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