Re: [Trisquel-users] Is ClamTk a good package? Should I even bother with anti-viruses?

2014-09-08 Thread arnuld . mizong
I have never used an anti-virus on my machine. My friends put all of their infected HDDs and CDs in my machine but GNU/Linux does not even cough :)

[Trisquel-users] Is ClamTk a good package? Should I even bother with anti-viruses?

2014-09-08 Thread gary02121993
I just saw it in Add/Remove Applications' packages surfing packages.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is ClamTk a good package? Should I even bother with anti-viruses?

2014-09-08 Thread gary02121993
Thanks for the response guys, great help!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is ClamTk a good package? Should I even bother with anti-viruses?

2014-09-08 Thread abhijithb21
Hey, I just forgot to tell you that some people say that if you use Wine(to run windows programs) ten windows viruses may affect your computer. You may install CalmTk or Debian package of BitDefender then.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is ClamTk a good package? Should I even bother with anti-viruses?

2014-09-08 Thread mikko . viinamaki
Please refrain from recommending proprietary software here, thank you.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is ClamTk a good package? Should I even bother with anti-viruses?

2014-09-08 Thread 555
At the last school where I worked, I was permitted to use my own Trisquel computer in my classroom as long as I could show that it had anti-virus software. Clam TK came in very handy for that (for demonstration purposes only) and I didn't need to bother with the 'we really don't worry about

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is ClamTk a good package? Should I even bother with anti-viruses?

2014-09-08 Thread davesamcdxv
I know I'm nitpicking but K-Meleon, Libreoffice, and an old version of Clementine on Wine aren't proprietary :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is ClamTk a good package? Should I even bother with anti-viruses?

2014-09-08 Thread mikko . viinamaki
I wasn't referring to wine.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is ClamTk a good package? Should I even bother with anti-viruses?

2014-09-08 Thread davesamcdxv
Ah, yes, my bad!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is ClamTk a good package? Should I even bother with anti-viruses?

2014-09-08 Thread anthonypineiro
ClamTk = GUI for ClamAV. Keep things lite on the system, run ClamAV in the command line. I'll do this when sending files to family friends who uses Windows as a safety precaution.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is ClamTk a good package? Should I even bother with anti-viruses?

2014-09-08 Thread Adfeno Huvlov
2014-09-08 17:37:45, 5...@verizon.net: At the last school where I worked, I was permitted to use my own Trisquel computer in my classroom as long as I could show that it had anti-virus software. Clam TK came in very handy for that (for demonstration purposes only) and I didn't need to bother