GUI update for ClamTk Antivirus

[Israel]

Hi!
You should not 'worry' about viruses.  You should take steps to use the
internet in a safe responsible manner.  And Lubuntu by default is better
at this that Windows XP.  You can install software only from TRUSTED
sources in the Software Center ONLY by using your password.
You can install from things outside of the trusted sources, but you know
that they are not trusted, or you trust the person/company enough to
install their program.

That said ClamTK is nice if you are connecting USB drives from friends
that use Windows... you can clean their drive and let them know they
have a virus.  /Most/ security issues with GNU/Linux are patched in a
day or two of being found.

If you keep your machine up to date, and do not install from untrusted
sources you will have very few issues with your machine having
viruses/vulnerabilities.  There are actually very few destructive
viruses for our OS... the real threat is security vulnerabilities, which
is why you need to update your machine, to keep those risks at a minimum.

Firewalls are fine to use.  I have usually used ufw, but gufw should be
fairly simple to use.

I am sure others have some great feedback


On 01/04/2015 06:16 AM, Steven Duckworth wrote:
> Greetings for 2015 to all Lubuntu users!
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> I recently installed the ClamTk antivirus engine from the Lubuntu
> Software Centre, but the GUI won't update.//It simply says/"a newer
> version is available". /It is currently showing version 4.45
> Previously, when using Windows XP I used Clam Antivirus which seemed
> to do good job of picking up Trojans, etc, when other antivirus
> engines failed; so I imagine this is by the same company?
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> Also, has anyone any feedback on using the Gufw firewall (also
> obtained from the Software Centre)?
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> Finally, are these necessary on Lubuntu, or should we not worry about
> viruses and firewalls?
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> Thanks,
> Steve
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