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[Greg Tees]

Well, yeah, I personally would choose ClamAV if I were going to run an
antivirus.  I was just pointing out that AVG has/is going to port their AV,
which may make things a little more familiar and easy for the OP.

On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 04:05:19AM -0400, Myles Braithwaite wrote:
> What about ClamAV http://www.clamav.net/? It will find Mac OS X (yes
> there are Apple Virus) and Windows. I am currently using at work on our
> Domain Controller running Ubuntu 5.10.
> 
> Greg Tees wrote:
> > Hasn't AVG released their antivirus for linux, anyways?  Or are planning to?
> >
> > But yeah, waste of time if you ask me, unless you intend to scan files that are
> > Windows-bound.
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 04:41:40PM -0400, Dave Sullivan wrote:
> >   
> >> If you download or order the 6.06 LTS CD, it comes with a feature called
> >> LiveCD which lets you play around with it and try it before actually
> >> installing it. The LiveCD is a fully functional system that doesn't
> >> modify your hard drive at all.
> >>
> >> For your printer and digital camera, unless you have some obscure make
> >> and model, it will most likely work. Again, this is the benefit of the
> >> Live CD.. you can test them out before installing it for good. Ubuntu
> >> comes installed with OpenOffice.org, which is a functional Office suite
> >> much like Microsoft Office, and supports all of Microsoft's file
> >> formats, including doc, xls and ppt. There is also an Adobe Reader for
> >> linux, or you can use open source PDF readers. There's a selection of
> >> programs that will do this.
> >>
> >> As for screensavers and antivirus.. I'm not sure about screensavers. The
> >> ones that you use on Windows will most likely be incompatible with
> >> Linux, since its a different system. However, there may be an equivilent
> >> software that does the same thing. It just requires a bit of
> >> browsing/asking around. Antivirus isn't typically needed on a Linux
> >> system. There are free, open source antivirus software packages, but you
> >> generally don't have to worry about viruses or other malware.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
> >> That's what we're here for.
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Dave Sullivan <demsullivan at gmail.com>
> >> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DaveSullivan
> >> http://daves-pgp-key.doesntexist.com/
> >>
> >> On Sun, 2006-27-08 at 11:46 -0600, james kreutz wrote:
> >>     
> >>> G'day 
> >>>
> >>> My name is James and I'm considering switching to a linux O/S (ubuntu
> >>> ver.6.06)
> >>> Because all I've ever known is MS(windows) I'm concerned about
> >>> How this will affect my programs and applications (please excuse me if
> >>> I do not use the correct terminology) 
> >>> By programs and applications I'm refering to things like my screen
> >>> saver(webshots), antivirus(avg)
> >>> my printer and digital camera. Also what about opening things like
> >>> Power Point and PDF documemts.
> >>>
> >>> Here is my contact info; 
> >>>
> >>> Email          Borniert at gmail.com
> >>>
> >>> Phone         (403) 560 - 2696
> >>>
> >>> If someone is willing to send me their phone # I would be more than
> >>> happy 
> >>> to pay any long distance charges. Perhaps their is someone In the
> >>> Calgary,Alberta 
> >>> area that I could contact to get a better feel for Linux
> >>>
> >>> -- 
> >>> There are friends we can live with, and
> >>> Great friends we can't live with out.
> >>>
> >>> James & Apache
> >>>       
> >
> >
> >
> >   
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> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca
> >>     
> >
> >
> >   
> 

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