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Are there any Virus Scan programes used on Ubuntu?

Asked by Rich.b

Could you recommend any

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David . (david-suisse1-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Hello ¨

Fortunately for you linux-ubuntu knows the word "Virus" contrary to windows.
therefore not of anti-virus nor performance ect.

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Rich.b (aybi30) said : 		#2

Thank for info....

Are you saying that they are NOT necessary?

That's is what I believe!

Regards
Rich.b

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Paul Stewart (paulbrianstewart) said : 		#3

To answer your question of whether there are any virus scanners available, go to the ubuntu-software-centre, search for 'virus scanner' and you can choose from those listed.

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Best Adi Nugroho (adi88nugroho) said : 		#4

maybe you can use clamav. Usually you doesn't need antivirus in linux
but you can use that to scan your windows partition.
you can install that antivirus using this command:

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 sudo apt-get install clamav
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resource: http://www.hatlinux.com/installing-clamav-on-linux.html

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Rich.b (aybi30) said : 		#5

Thanks Adi Nugroho, that solved my question.