installing bitdefender

[Tomoki Taniguchi]

thanx for you help.
i was able to download the file and i tried to run it.
i got past the license agreement, but now trying to figure out
how to get this to install on a amd64 environment


On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Alexandra Zaharia <f0rg3r at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/26/08, Tomoki Taniguchi <tomoki.taniguchi at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > has anyone recently installed bitdefender on ubuntu?
>  >
>  >  i was following the instructions on
>  >  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BitDefender
>  >  but the link in the howto is no longer working
>  >
>  >  I went to the BitDefender site to see if i could find the free linux edition
>  >  but I couldn't find it...
>  >
>  >  has BitDefender stopped offering free linux products?
>
>  Hello Tomoki,
>
>  The location on the BitDefender servers is changed. Also, this Linux
>  free tool is now called "BitDefender Scanner".
>
>  The HowTo you pointed to is indeed outdated. I'll check and see if I'm
>  able to edit it with my LaunchPad account.
>
>  Here's what you need to do:
>
>  You need to have wget installed on your system:
>
>  sudo aptitude install wget
>
>  And now you need to get the BitDefender-Scanner from its new location:
>
>  wget http://download.bitdefender.com/SMB/Workstation_Security_and_Management/BitDefender_Antivirus_Scanner_for_Unices/Unix/Current/EN/Version_7.x/Linux/BitDefender-scanner-7.5-4.linux-gcc3x.i586.deb.run
>
>  Notice BitDefender now changed the package format - it's not a simple
>  .deb you need to install with dpkg, it's a .run file, namely a "kit"
>  that you... "run". First, make it executable:
>
>  chmod 755 BitDefender-scanner-7.5-4.linux-gcc3x.i586.deb.run
>
>  And now, install the .run:
>
>  sudo ./BitDefender-scanner-7.5-4.linux-gcc3x.i586.deb.run
>
>  You will get an EULA that you have to agree with by typing "accept"
>  and, after the install is finished, you'll be able to run BitDefender
>  Scanner from /opt/BitDefender-scanner/bin/bdscan
>
>  My suggestion is that you first try a signature update:
>
>  sudo /opt/BitDefender-scanner/bin/bdscan --update
>
>  For a brief listing of accepted commands, run
>
>  /opt/BitDefender-scanner/bin/bdscan --help
>
>  and for further reading, check out the files in
>  /opt/BitDefender-scanner/share/doc/
>
>  HTH,
>
>  Alex.
>
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