5 Anti-virus on Ubuntu 12.04LTS

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5 Anti-virus on Ubuntu 12.04LTS

I use 5 AV on Ubuntu. Not because Linux needs a AV but I duel boot with Windowz 7 and to keep it safe.
Here are the five AV (not in particular order)

1) AVG – Download http://free.avg.com/ww-en/download.prd-alf
How to install and run help - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus/Avg

2) Avira – Download http://dlpe.antivir.com/package/wks_avira/unix/en/pers/antivir_workstation-pers.tar.gz
Ctrl+Alt+T for terminal -
tar xvzf antivir_workstation-pers.tar.gz
sudo ./antivir-workstation-pers-3.0.2-5/install
To run it . . .
sudo avupdate-guard
go to the directory you wont to scan and . . .
sudo avscan --scan-mode=all --detect-prefixes=alltypes -s

3)Avast(with GUI) – Download http://www.avast.com/linux-home-edition – download the deb pakage.
Ctrl+Alt+T for terminal -
sudo dpkg -i avast4workstatio<package_name>.deb
When you launch it, it will prompt you to register and obtain a free license key.

4)BitDefender (with GUI) – How to download and install - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BitDefender

5) ClamTk – Click on Ubuntu software center and enter 'ClamTk' and install the package.

I had issues with installing and running BitDefender and Avira but got help from searchers from its forums and Google and fixed them and run them with out a problem. I'm no Linux expert and did it with trail and error, so you too can install and run them. Also some of them require you to register to get a free key.

I don't mind if someone copies this and translates it to Sinhala. I'm lazy to type it in Sinhala.

Please give me some REP's if you find it useful.

 

[delmar]

good post

 

[jnuwan]

5 දැම්මහම ස්ලොව් වෙන්නේ නෑද්ද?

 

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නෑ! දන්න තරමට ලිනක්ස් වල ඵහෙම වෙන්නෙ නෑ.

 

[Sadeepa Arosha]

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[revox]

maxxxxxxxsaaaaaaaa +4

Tnx

 

[revox]

good post

Tnx

 

[kasun69]

Thanks ... 2+

 

[revox]

Thanks ... 2+

thx 4 da reps

 

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[temp_]

Windows, MAC, Linux, Tab, Mobile.... oya hama ekatama avast thama..
http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1511619

 

[revox]

Windows, MAC, Linux, Tab, Mobile.... oya hama ekatama avast thama..
http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1511619

 

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[penguinruwan]

It is possible to get a virus for Ubuntu, but:

• The way most Linux distributions are built make it very hard for virus/trojans/backdoors to take advantage of vulnerabilities in binary packages. Ubuntu changes every six months (and updates --sometimes anoying-- land at least every week). It makes it very difficult for a virus author to track all these changes. In contrast, windows takes several years to change. That gives some time to the virus author to try to be as destructive/invasive as it can.
• AFAIK, there is a substantial difficulty to "leak" binary code or suspicious source code to Ubuntu's Official or Debian's official packaging systems.
• There might be 3 ways to infect a Linux box:
  • You 've been running Linux for years without updating any of your internet-facing services/apps.
  • You installed a virus/trojan by yourself.
  • You downloaded the virus in source code, compiled it and ran it with administrator privileges

 

[revox]

It is possible to get a virus for Ubuntu, but:

• The way most Linux distributions are built make it very hard for virus/trojans/backdoors to take advantage of vulnerabilities in binary packages. Ubuntu changes every six months (and updates --sometimes anoying-- land at least every week). It makes it very difficult for a virus author to track all these changes. In contrast, windows takes several years to change. That gives some time to the virus author to try to be as destructive/invasive as it can.
• AFAIK, there is a substantial difficulty to "leak" binary code or suspicious source code to Ubuntu's Official or Debian's official packaging systems.
• There might be 3 ways to infect a Linux box:
  • You 've been running Linux for years without updating any of your internet-facing services/apps.
  • You installed a virus/trojan by yourself.
  • You downloaded the virus in source code, compiled it and ran it with administrator privileges

Thanks brother..................

 

[Naradapathum]

linux වල ඉදන් windows වල වැඩකරන virus අල්ලන්න tool එකක් නැද්ද?

 

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linux වල ඉදන් windows වල වැඩකරන virus අල්ලන්න tool එකක් නැද්ද?

NTFS partition eka mount karala mey AV 5ma oka karanna puluwan.