AVG antivirus install in Kubuntu - KlamAV may help

[Joseph]

Hello WJ,

  You can also get KlamAV which is a very nice front
end GUI for ClamAV.  

Have a good one,
J

Message: 6
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 14:03:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Richard S. Crawford" <rscrawford at mossroot.com>
Subject: Re: AVG antivirus install in Kubuntu
To: "Kubuntu Help and User Discussions"
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WJ Seidl wrote:
> Could someone please help a (real) Linux newbie with
an install of 
the
> free version of AVG anti-virus?
> I'm on a newly built P4/Celeron 3.56Gig with a gig
of RAM running 
Feisty
> (7.04)
> I've only been exposed to Linux for three days now
since the install,
> (after 12 years on MS Windows) so my knowledge is
limited.
> (Thank god for Adept, or I wouldn't have a clue.  I
have a book or 
two
> on order, but they haven't arrived yet.)
>
> Long story short, I downloaded and installed the
program (the 
7.5.45.deb
> version, not the rpm version)
> and it seems to work, but will not update.  When I
click (in the GUI) 
on
> the update button,
>   the return is "Update process failed. Reason:
Sorry, you do not 
have
> permission to execute avgupdate."
>
> Someone "suggested" that I need to add root to the
group. Ok, fine.
> Um...could someone please explain how?
> Many TIA,
> WJS

With Linux, viruses on your desktop are not really a
concern.  If 
you're
using your Linux box as a mail server, though, you
might want to use a
virus scanner to make sure viruses are nicked before
they get to the
Windows mail clients.

I personally recommend Clam AV for that purpose.  You
can find it in 
the
Universe repository.


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