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From the threads that I have read in there forum, it is both. It has an "active" scanner, that checks "inbound" files and e-mail, for viri and trojans, which runs all the time, protecting for "future" attacks, and then it has the "on-demand" scanner, that can check if you have something already. The "engine" is the same, it is just directed to perform two tasks. The engine can be running all the time, as the "active" part, or it can be set to not run all the time, and just run when you want to "on-demand". It pretty much works like the Windows version, and just like the version I used in my Windows, except that it runs in a Linux OS.
The kicker is that it isnt as "powerful" as the Windows version, it doesnt have the "clean" internal to the scanner engine, like it does in the Windows version. If the scanner finds a viri or trojan file, you must then run a "cleaning" program to get rid of the infection, which is not a part of the "engine" program. Also, from what I have been reading, it does not "clean" Linux files very well, mostly due to the foreign nature of Linux files to those of Windows, and can simply tell you that the file is corrupt and will be deleted. E-mail scanning is even worse, if the scanner finds an infected e-mail, most of the time, it will not "quarinteen" the file, or attachment, but simply delete the e-mail, out-right. Though I have read that someone can setup some settings in the engine so that a message is sent to the person that the engine has found an e-mail that has been deleted. This message can be sent to either the person who was to receive the e-mail, or it can be directed to "send-back" to the sender...
As an update, it appears that the "Linux" product is for server only systems, they dont appear to be "open" too much to the idea that a "single home user" would ever use there product, and that the "license" for the Linux product is going to be a common. They also do not appear to be concerned about anyone who cant "pay" for there product, and the the forums they have do not seem to be interested in giving "noobie" posts, like mine, answers to questions on the product usability, or functionaility, of there product on a Linux system - my posted question has received no responses as of this time. Shame. I really thought the product was good in the Windows world, and if they had the same in Linux, it would have been a great product for Linux -=- So, I guess the whole "hoopla" on this new AV program for Linux, is a complete BUST... Sorry about that folks, I surely thought they had something going here...
Sorry to take excess bandwidth on this, and to have it go nowhere
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