[ubuntu-za] VIruses!!

Christoff Erasmus zs6jce at gmail.com
Thu Jun 2 20:58:42 UTC 2011


Shawn,

Ubuntu is virus proof.

Exe files does not work unless you have wine installed.

I believe you are a vic of scareware.

If you need anti-virus for linux check out ClamAV its free

Regards,
Christoff

Sent From My Android
On 2 Jun 2011 22:53, "SHAWN REITSTEIN" <shawnreit at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just been told by Firefox that I have 98 effected files attacked
> by about 10/15 different Trojans and others! That I should click the
> "start protection" which I did and then I have to download a small
> something which shows : installsecuritycentre---.exe - can that be
> right? every click brings another instasllsecuritycentre---.exe? I've
> requested aBitdefender for Jaunty 9.04 and am awaiting an email. Is
> this the right thing to do?
>
> thanks
> Shawn
>
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