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problem running bitdefender

Asked by Barry Thompson

I am new with ubuntu & I am having problems installing.
Followed instructions at http://techreviews.in/installing-free-bitdefender-anti-virus-on-ubuntu-904/ I am not having much success.
I am getting options window as follows.
Do you want to run "BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run", or display its contents?
"BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run" is an executable text file.
1)run in terminal 2)display 3)cancel 4)run
which option I think it should be 4)

Can some one help please!!!!!!

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George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Barry,

First I'd like to mention that typically anti-virus software is not required under linux. See http://librenix.com/?inode=21 for some details.

Now back to your issue: BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run doesn't make any sense. The fact that the file ends in .DEB.RUN is very strange, is this file a DEB or is it an executable? We need to find out: open a terminal and cd to where the download is located (perhaps "cd ~/Downloads"). Now run the command: "file BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run" - if this returns "Debian binary package" then it is a DEB, I don't have a .run file to test with so don't know what it would report back.

If it's a DEB you could install using "sudo dpkg -i BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run". If on the other hand it's not a deb, then you could try running "chmod +x BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run" then "gksu ./BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run" < i'm using gksu assuming it's a graphical install, if it's a text only install then using "sudo ./BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run" would be correct.

Hope this helps,
George

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J. Austin Rodriguez (jeanaustinr) said : 		#2

To be able to install Bitdefender using that file, you need to run this command in the Terminal. Considering that you are in the correct directory where that file is located. Type:

sudo sh BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run

then enter your password. You will have to scroll down a bit until you reach the end of the License Agreement and type "accept". When asked "Do you want to install BitDefender Antivirus Scanner GUI package? (Y/N)", just type "y".

After the installalation, you will see BitDefender Scanner in System Tools < Applications. Download the latest update, set a new key and you're good to go.

This is the same instruction I posted in http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8888554&postcount=12

Hope that answers your question and solves your issue.

By the way, I only use antivirus in Linux for the sake of other people's security.

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