anti virus

[David Curtis]

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:10:46 -0400
raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone, I have a question for you, I have clamav according to
> synaptic manager, also have Firestarter, do I need them both? Thank
> you,  Ray. (ubuntu 9.04 user)

In my opinion, if you're just running a desktop or laptop, you do not
need either.

There are no known viruses for linux. Clamav is usually used to
scan Windows hard drives or scan incoming mail on a server.

Firestarter is a graphical front-end to linux's built-in 'firewall'
called Iptables. You should only need this if you have a server
running on a local network (like file sharing) or have a direct
connection(pppoe or other) to the Internet.

Dave