On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:54:19 -0500 "[email protected]" <[email protected]> dijo:
>So since the Ubuntu people do not get back to you, I thought that some >of the >Linux OOo users might know the software that works with OOo. > >I am looking for a Linux/Ubuntu anti-virus program that works >with OOo, Thunderbird, and other stuff like AVG did/does for my Windows >laptop. I haven't used Ubuntu for several months now, but I recall it uses SELinux for security. I know Fedora does, and I think several other distros use SELinux also. It is installed by default, so you probably already have it. The default settings are sufficient for most people, but you can tweak the settings if you like. Having said that, antivirus for Linux is not a critical matter. Because permissions are universal on Linux it is not easy to get a virus to execute automatically. Furthermore, Linux is not a big target for script kiddies; there are very, very few Linux viruses. Here is a page that explains it in more detail: http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/8261-note-to-new-linux-users-no-antivirus-needed Like MS Office, OOo documents can contain macros, and they can be written to do damage to your computer. But OOo always pops up a warning when you open a file that contains macros. The key here is, just don't run macros in documents you receive from others unless you are sure the source can be trusted. And macros in MS Office documents will not run on OOo. MS Office uses Visual Basic for Applications, where OOo uses its own Basic language. While similar, the MS Office code will not generally run on OOo. For spam I think the top program is spamassassin. I do not use it because my e-mail accounts do a pretty good job of screening the spam at the server level. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
