New to ubuntu

[Shawn McCuan]

Swapnil Jain wrote:
> On 08-Apr-09, at 10:25 AM, Ed Oneill wrote:
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>> how serious of a problem are viruses in ubuntu os and can they cause 
>> damage /how can I prevent virus? I just installed ubuntu a few days 
>> ago and have had a problem with screens freezing up? what can cause 
>> this ?
>>
>> any hepl would be great !!!    Thank you !!!
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>> kodiack91
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> A couple of days ago, BitDefender introduced a new antivirus for 
> Unix/Linux OS called BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices (you can 
> take a look, and get more information from BitDefender 
> website http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-80-en--BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-for-Unices.html ).
>
> Just because you use Linux, it doesn’t mean your computer doesn’t have 
> viruses or worms. They are just lying dormant, embedded in the EXE 
> files on the NTFS partitions, or hiding beside those DLLs on the 
> dual-boot computers, waiting for you to send them to your 
> Windows-using friends.
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