anti virus

[raymond house]

Thanks Dave, I appreciate the input.  Ray

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 6:30 PM, David Curtis <dcurtis at uniserve.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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