I like to have antivirus protection, needed ???
And how to install.
Please Your advice.
Artfreddy
At this time, and probably into the future, you don’t need anti-virus protection for your Linux installation. If you practice reasonable safety on the web you will probably never be infected with a virus. In fact, there are no viable viruses infecting Linux desktop machines at all.
It is possible to transmit a Windows virus to Windows users even though you cannot be infected by them yourself. If this is something you wish to avoid, then ClamAV is the way to go.
I, myself, do not run anti-virus software. I don’t share files with people and I don’t open attachments. The only software I ever install is from the repositories. My chances of getting infected with malware is fairly close to none.
Artfreddy wrote:
> I like to have antivirus protection, needed ???
> And how to install.
> Please Your advice.
> Artfreddy
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Moving from Network to Looking for Something forum.
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Thanks for the answer. Gonna follow Your advice.
Have a nice weekend,
Artfreddy
I don’t worry about anti-virus on Linux either. You can install clamav if you’re worried about mail attachments, or if you dual-boot with Windows and are worried about a virus in your Windows partitions.
Oh now, i dont wory abbout windows, it’s only Linux here…
I have tested abbout 25 different Linux-distros, and now on me age it is time to make a final choise.
Now its the moment to try openSUSE on me apple, reason, i want to buy Leopard, but me Mac must have more MB than 512, and i dont gonna make that cost… Its the same like vista, you need more MB to let them work alright.
Nice weekend,
Artfreddy
If someone was simply concerned about sharing a few files or Email attachments, then I would just use web-based anti-virus scanners to check those and not go about installing a full blown AV program on the system. There’s really no need for going that route unless you run a mail server or deal with a lot of file sharing.
Linux does not need any antivirus. But I do recommend that you install Clamtk to scan your windows partitions. It’s very effective
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No, i dont do file sharing. But i receive a lot of mail from gallerys with Art-Photos… There i am a litle concerned about. 
Thanks to all for the advice.
Artfreddy
Okido, thanks.
Artfreddy
Yeah, just go with a web-based scanner and you are good. I see no reason to install a local AV on your system.
i’ve not antivirus now but i think it’s better if you have one,is “clam” the best one?maybe two antivirus is better than one?my linux antivirus step is programmed for next week and i would like starting downloading it.thanks
“There are maybe 70 known viruses for Linux, including variants. In comparison with the hundreds of thousand Windows viruses, that’s a drop in the ocean. Some may ask what is the need of Linux antivirus binaries if the danger can almost be ignored. Antiviral software on Linux can be extremely useful to keep those Samba shares clean. Mail servers can also be scanned for infected attachments, so that Windows networks can remain safe. Clamav is an excellent Linux antivirus program that can accomplish these tasks. Other notable names in the market would be Avast!, Kaspersky, Vexira or AVG”
Can someone tell me which file location to extract the downloaded anti-virus software to, so that it is in a common area that is always running whoever login to a multi-user home environment? i.e. as opposed to a private local area that only I can run it?
Thanks
niceseb wrote:
> Can someone tell me which file location to extract the downloaded
> anti-virus software to, so that it is in a common area that is always
> running whoever login to a multi-user home environment? i.e. as opposed
> to a private local area that only I can run it?
>
> Thanks
what software did you get? did it come in an .rpm?
how did you install the software?
you do know that you can install .rpm using YaST, right?
just right click on the .rpm file, and select
Actions > Install with Yast
it will then ask for your root password and install it to THE SYSTEM,
and therefore run for all users…
but, if no one in the house is using anything other than Linux, why
bother?
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