Answer by SPRBRN for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
You ask if you need antivirus software on you desktop. My answer is not about technical issues, it is about legal ones. Where I live, banks require you to have antivirus software installed on the...
View ArticleAnswer by arielf for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
No, you do not need an Antivirus (AV) on Ubuntu to keep it secure.You need to employ other "good hygiene" precautions, but contrary to some of the misleading answers and comments posted here,...
View ArticleAnswer by don.joey for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
I disagree with traditional answers that claim that no virus scan is needed. It is exactly that attitude that is making linux more and more vulnerable.The only reason that no virusscan is needed is...
View ArticleAnswer by ed0 for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
Actually not, there is a really low chance to get a virus using linux; to avoid malicious packages, try to install software only from the software centre or PPAs that you trust.If you want to scan your...
View ArticleAnswer by Jonathan for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
Does Ubuntu need anti virus. Let me share our recent experience, we are coming to the end of of redeveloping or site on a new Linux server, running Ubuntu, ROR & Mongo. The server is to deploy our...
View ArticleAnswer by Oranges for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
I always run an Antivirus on my systems - nevermind if it's Windows, OSX or Ubuntu/Linux. Never think you are safe - a system can ALWAYS be hacked or infected - even Linux based distros. I remember the...
View ArticleAnswer by TenPlus1 for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
The short answer is NO, but if you share files with a Windows operating system then it wouldn't hurt to install a virus tool that you can run on your flash-drives and such to check if they are clean...
View ArticleAnswer by January for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
Basic ecology, man. Monocultures suffer from parasite plagues more than endemites. Popularity of Windows and the fact that there is just a handful of different configurations make them an easy and...
View ArticleAnswer by Erro for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
I am not running anti-virus on any of my computers that has linux installed. I'm not gonna say that you don't have to, but I chose not to.To run a file on linux, you need to change the permissions for...
View ArticleAnswer by MuffinStateWide for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
Linux itself has some pretty neat security measures already, and the nature of linux there isnt much malware out there to begin with , so AV is not essential.The reasoning behind that can get...
View ArticleAnswer by Rajesh Pantula for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
Yes Ubuntu has a default firewall, but you need to configure itUbuntu uses ufw to configure the firewall. But it may not be enabled by default.To enable the firewall open a terminal and type:sudo ufw...
View ArticleAnswer by Jo-Erlend Schinstad for Do I need to have antivirus software...
A virus is computer program that writes itself to another program, which would then write itself to other programs and so on. In Ubuntu, only root is allowed to write to executables. This means that a...
View ArticleAnswer by Octavian Helm for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
Security is a matter of how you use your computer. Thinking before acting, most of the times is the best Antivirus/Malware protection mechanism.For users coming from Windows having an Antivirus seems...
View ArticleAnswer by Aleksandr Levchuk for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
Speaking of all the security issues in general, but leaving out the viruses, Ubuntu has build-in security.However, Ubuntu will not stop you from installing malware like the Windows anti-viruses try to...
View ArticleAnswer by Guss for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
There are some theoretical viruses that target Linux systems (whether specifically or cross-infectors that propagate through Ms-Windows), But there has never been a documented infection of Linux...
View ArticleAnswer by tinhed for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
You can try BitDefender Antivirus for unices. Its one of the best scanners ive tried with a intuitive GUI and regular updates. Unfortunately its a on demand only scanner but good for those e-mail...
View ArticleAnswer by karthick87 for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
Its needed if you wanna scan your NTFS partitions..I use opensource antivirus clamav to scan my NTFS drives.It is awesome,but some times the result may be false positive,so be sure before you delete a...
View ArticleAnswer by ali for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
I am not worried about my Ubuntu gets infected with virus because I know the chances are very slim , but I have avast installed in case my windows gets infected I can clean it from Ubuntu using avast (...
View ArticleAnswer by ImaginaryRobots for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
Both klamav and clamtk are front-ends for the clamAV software. They do check for linux viruses, but they are most useful for making sure your linux computer isn't sharing infected files with windows...
View ArticleAnswer by LinuxCanuck for Do I need to have antivirus software installed?
The problem with scanning for viruses on Linux vs on Windows is that it is more trouble than it is worth. Scanning manually takes more diligence and commitment than most people have. Setting it up to...
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