Hello Geoffrey As the other posters have mentione very little need Although there is a belt and braces approach I have at times installed called clamav
If you go into synaptic and enter virus in the search box a few apps come up in addition to clamav You may wish to google clamav first to get some overviews and or opinions The tip about NO script imo is a must and available as an add on from within firefox welcome to freedom although I have dual boot with xp because employer says must have windows :) HTH On Nov 3, 10:03 am, Geoffrey <[email protected]> wrote: > I am a new (2009) user of Ubuntu and I now have an excellent list of > applications making me almost independent of MS Windows. Hooray! > For MS Windows I use a purchased Anti-virus program (AVG). As my use of > the Internet rarely strays into less secure web sites I don't seem to > have a problem with viruses. I scan regularly with AVG of course. > However I don't have an anti-virus program for Ubuntu. Of course I could > use MS Windows for the Internet but, as I am using Ubuntu as a rule, > switching is inconvenient. > I seek the views of members on the need for virus protection using > Ubuntu, and, therefore, any recommended action that I should take. > Thanks, > Geoffrey > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected]https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
