Antivirus on Mint 7

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DrHu

Re: Antivirus on Mint 7

Post by DrHu »

elvinkruger wrote:Compatibility with some windows programs of mine is whats concerning me.
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Also I read that Wine can be used to run windows programs like MS Office 2007, but that there are graphical glitches ?
Which windows applications concern you?

First Linux doesn't really need anti-virus, anti-spyware or other windows support applications as it is not vulnerable to the same issues that affect windows users..
http://linux.com/news/software/applicat ... rus-needed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOD32
--looks to me that they have no Linux versions..

Companies offering products including linux..
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-for-linux-server.html
http://www.kaspersky.com/anti-virus_linux_file_server
http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/linux/
http://www.sophos.com/products/enterpri ... 8.0/linux/
http://www.avg.com/product-avg-server-edition-for-linux

I read that Wine can be used to run windows programs like MS Office 2007,
http://frankscorner.org/
http://bordeauxgroup.com/press-release/bordeaux-1.8
link in Frank's corner..Bordeau group..
http://bordeauxgroup.com/press-release/bordeaux-1.8
--they added office 2007, the general winehq data indicates office 2007 didn't work; it costs you 20.00 to call them on this bet (the Bordeau Group..)

Wine can indeed run quite a few windows applications, if you need it; however there may be a better option
  • Consider Linux alternatives to windows applications
    http://www.linuxalt.com/
  • Virtualbox
    --install your windows OS into virtualbox and then the windows apps you need. the VM will bot install and boot quicker than windows if it was installed onto its own hard drive partition
  • Use wine
    --that is an option to run some windows applications
  • Use a commercial wine product
    --like Codeweavers/crossover office; perhaps offering better windows specific application support
    http://www.codeweavers.com/
  • multiboot the OS installation to include windows and Linux mint
    --sometimes called dual-boot; and boot into windows to use windows applications
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lexon

Re: Antivirus on Mint 7

Post by lexon »

I have been using Linux for five years and have no anti virus applications. My Linux path is below. I use web based Yahoo email and Google web based email which have excellent anti virus for emails. That is probably the only way a virus might get through but not bother your Mint 7. You could probably end up sending the virus to someone in an email though. Others may comment on this email issue as I do not have that issue with protected email.

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Penguinclaw

Re: Antivirus on Mint 7

Post by Penguinclaw »

If you need av then Bitdefender is a good one to consider:

http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-e ... ition.html

Of course this isn't open source free so you may want to try Clamav (Command line av available through repository) or Clamtk (Gui version of Clamav, again available through repos).

Again Linux is inherently much more secure than Windows, thus doesn't really need anti-virus software... just keep all your software uptodate and you should be fine.
Lantesh

Re: Antivirus on Mint 7

Post by Lantesh »

A good piece of advice is don't install software from unknown/shady sources and you should be ok.
shua

Re: Antivirus on Mint 7

Post by shua »

and most problems that you think are from virus, i.e. screens not working, files not opening, not being able to turn on the computer, are usually a result of you doing something wrong.
hint: don't compile from source if you don't know what you're doing :?
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