Hello
Having only played in a Microsoft world I am all too aware of hackers, viruses and spyware.
Now that I have decided to move over to Linux Mint do I need any kind of protection while surfing?
I only ask as I went to a site which tested for vulnrabilities and it got me wondering as I had failed some tests.
Cheers
Do I need a firewall and antivirus stuff?
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Do I need a firewall and antivirus stuff?
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no, here is why:
http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php ... e-firewall
and welcome to the free world lemming!
http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php ... e-firewall
and welcome to the free world lemming!
Windows is extremely fast after a fresh install. If you want to make it stay that way: - don't use it.
-Clem
-Clem
firestarter for gnome and guarddog for KDE seem to be the most popular solutions - I've used them both and they are super-easy... extremely light no resources.... come to think of it they take up NO resources since they are only GUI frontends for configuring IPtables - which is an integral part of linux 
and of course no annoying popups of any kind...
I've tried both and decided I have no use for it.... been using bianca stable since it was released (well ... almost since it was released)
and of course no annoying popups of any kind...
I've tried both and decided I have no use for it.... been using bianca stable since it was released (well ... almost since it was released)
Windows is extremely fast after a fresh install. If you want to make it stay that way: - don't use it.
-Clem
-Clem
Re: Do I need a firewall and antivirus stuff?
Can you please give more details about this? What site and which test did you fail? You have to be cautious with such sites, especially if they belong to a vendor of anti-virus software and such. Even though you are probably perfectly safe such sites will try to make you believe that you absolutely need their products ...the lemming wrote:I only ask as I went to a site which tested for vulnrabilities and it got me wondering as I had failed some tests.
