New to Ubuntu( Virus scanners) is clam safe/Avg free errors can not open all files?

[Evans Jahja]

NoOp wrote:
> On 04/24/2009 06:00 PM, Ed Oneill wrote:
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>> I am tyring to find info on clav av I keep  hearing it can cause more
>> harm than good but no details! 
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> And where are you hearing this from?
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> These might help:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ClamAV
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Security
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Linuxvirus
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus
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> And when I run AVG free it seems not
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>> to scan or be able to open Ubuntu system files I get 15 to 20 errors
>> and then it finishes the scan is this normal?
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> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus/Avg
> [Note: while I use AVG on Windows (amonst others), I've never had much
> luck using it in linux]
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>> I am useing Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid
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>> Thanks Ed
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AFAIK, the chances of virus to infect Linux is very small, so I don't 
think it's required to have antivirus on Linux.