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        <name>Dave M</name>
        <email>dave.nerd @ gmail.com</email>
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  <title>About ClamTk</title>

<p><app>ClamTk</app> is a graphical interface for ClamAV using Perl and the Gtk+ libraries.  It is designed to be an easy-to-use, on-demand scanner for Linux systems.</p>

<p><app>ClamTk</app> has been ported to Fedora, Debian, RedHat, openSUSE, ALT Linux, Ubuntu, CentOS, Gentoo, Archlinux, Mandriva, PCLinuxOS, FreeBSD, and others.</p>

<p>Note that <app>ClamTk</app> is not intended to be run all the time like the way you may expect.  Rather, it is an on-demand scanner, and its current purpose is for general scanning of files and directories.</p>

<p>You may also be interested in programs that look for rootkits, which is a more likely consequence of a Linux compromise, rather than a virus.  If you are, investigate programs such as <app>rkhunter</app>, <app>chkrootkit</app>, and <app>unhide</app>.</p>

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