Using 1 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Is it a good, or just in opposite, a bad idea to scan exe files (executable binaries for Windows family platform) using the Linux version of NOD32 AV? One can see that such scans take a tiny fraction of one second (unable to observe the scan in progress) while a scan of tar ball of similar size needs noticeable time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former ESET Employees dwomack 160 Posted March 23, 2016 Former ESET Employees Share Posted March 23, 2016 Scanning the file as you said takes milliseconds and gives you more piece of mind that the files you have, whether for Linux or not, are clean. So IF you should ever share those files or for some reason transfer them to a Windows system, they won't wreak havoc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Using 1 Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 Thanks for your input. Actually my concern is quite different. Please accept my apologize for not been accurate enough. I afraid NOD32 for Linux operating on Linux does not conduct real scan if the file is an exe (executable built for Windows). This conclusion raised from observation that a tarball file of same size takes significantly longer. Put in other words, for instance to apply any kind of heuristics on Windows exe files NOD32 needs to emulate Windows environment in some extend. If I am right (???) it is a question of feasibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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