i am using PC Linux OS which is the most stable version i have used so far (KDE) do i need to use anti virus?
Monday, August 9th, 2010 at
16:24
How do i go about installing it and setting it up on my version (PC Linux OS 2009) I do not know if i even need to because i hear that linus is virus free because of its platform (is that true?)
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No operating system is virus free. Linux is not that popular with the majority of society, so it doesn’t generally have thse threats. I am using PCLinuxOS 2009-1 with the KDE Windows Environment. However if you dual boot with Windows as an operating system also and have wine installed in Linux you should install Klam antivirus program. You will get virus warnings caused by the wine connection to Windows, but normally can ignore them. I have never found a virus on my Linux operating system.
Generally you don’t need anti-virus. However, there may be one or two products you can add if you want.
ClamAV is one anti-virus for Linux if you want to try it…but it is more for email checking…
There are probably a few others, search the internet and see…
It’s not true – there’s no such thing as a virus-free platform, just a platform that not many people write viruses for – yet.
Just search for Linux anti virus, or go to the PCLinuxOS forum (http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php ) and either search or ask what people are using.
Yes, thats right……
Linux is a virus free OS. I am also using Linux’s Ubuntu 8.10 OS.
For more help & setting of PC Linux OS 2009 Join the following forum & read the instructions & follow them.
http://www.pclinuxos.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=58
http://linux.com/forums