Linux uncrackable...?

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 09/08/2012 09:24 PM, Doug wrote:
> On 09/08/2012 08:36 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>> On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 20:19:42 -0400,
>>   "Eddie G. O'Connor Jr." <eoconnor25 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So how would someone who's still a greenhorn to Linux protect their 
>>> machine?...I refuse to install anything that's going to "charge" me 
>>> for their product....(call it a glitch in my mental processes, but 
>>> if I'm going to use "Free Open Source Software" then it should be 
>>> "free"...no?) I cannot get a handle on ClamAV, it's too complicated 
>>> for me, but I haven't seen anything that's available for 
>>> Linux....any advice?...
> I don't see how ClamAV is difficult.  Before you use it, you open a 
> terminal, become root user*, and type freshclam.  Then after it 
> refreshes its database, you close the terminal, go to the GUI (ClamTK) 
> and
> select Scan. If you want to be thorough, then select recursive or home 
> recursive and let it go.  Nothing simpler.
>
> *In some distros, type su, return, and put in password, then type 
> freshclam. In others, you can just type sudo freshclam, and put in 
> your password.
>
> --doug
Cool!...I guess I'll give it a try, but it seemed like it was too much 
for someone that doesn't have much experience with the 
terminal......thanks !!


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