On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, "Aleksey Tsalolikhin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. I am not familiar with Ubuntu, but a friend recently upgraded > from Ubuntu 6 to 7 and I helped him after the upgrade. > > (He got a new system with Ubuntu 7 on it, so it was a fresh install.) > > One of the things I did was run "apt-get install clamav" to install > anti-virus on it, per his request, "I want to have anti-virus and I > used to have ClamAV". > > Now he says, "In my previous computer I was able to check that the > security was up to date by going into Applications Clamav but I do not > see any means to do that on this computer." > > How do I get ClamAV to show up under his applications, please? > Should I have installed it a different way?
What is your friend using the anti-virus software for? A normal Linux system does not need anti-virus software. The main reason to run such software is to clean Windows viruses before they can get to Windows machines (e.g. on an e-mail server). For more info: http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1288808,00.html This is separate from maintaining a secure system, but most major distros are fairly secure out of the box. -- Your toaster doesn't get a virus. Your television doesn't get a virus. Why should your computer? http://www.linux.org.au/linux
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