i don't know if there is any antivirus software coming with Fedora 12?
or I have to buy my own?
thanks.
i don't know if there is any antivirus software coming with Fedora 12?
or I have to buy my own?
thanks.
I would ask, is there a need at all!
"If it is not broken, try harder"
Why do you need anti-virus?
JN4's kidding. There's anti-virus software available but it's to protect Windows machines from any viruses that might be passed through a linux box, since almost no viruses are out there that will affect linux.You will have to buy your own.
Avast and AVG have no-cost versions available, I believe, and ClamAV is available in the repositories.
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I use klamav, its in the repo,s, but then i only use it occasionally for checking stuff before installing stuff in wine etc..
not to protect windows users
yum install klamav
What happens if I install a virus in Wine? Could that be a possible avenue for damaging a Linux system or would it simply be benign?
Fedora's clamav package will install clamav, but it will not configure it. csmart has posted a very useful script for getting clamav up and running here. This will configure clamav for you and set the clamd daemon going, but it will not install the pretty klamav graphical interface, so install that as well if you'd prefer not to type commands into a command line terminal.
As I work on a mainly Windows-based network I scan my filesystems with clamav every week or so.
Because there are no known Linux viruses "in the wild". At least: none so far as I have ever heard.I don't understand. Why is there no such a need?http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htmOn Windows we need software like Norton or other virus killer.
What about Linux?Not A-V, but you should run at least a default firewall.It's so safe that i even don't need a protector?
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I have not used an antivirus program since 2004. Even when I was on windows, I made sure I only visited trusted sites, and manually removed any malicious programs from registries that used to crop in from using flash drives (ah, the good old days). So I still stand by it, I do not see the need for an antivirus program running in the background when you are being careful (especially when I was running a pentium 3 machine with 64 mb ram in the said year )
Originally Posted by silentfreak View Post
I don't understand. Why is there no such a need?I would ask, is there a need at all!
On Windows we need software like Norton or other virus killer.
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