Several antivirus tools and firewalls are, in fact, available for Ubuntu 6.10. I've been using ClamAv and Firestarter, respectively this last month, and am very satisfied with their performance ; i e, I don't seem to have been bothered by malware and the above-mentioned programmes have not, as far as I've been able to discern, led to any problems for my computer. And of course, even if a malicious programme were to get through these shields, the damage it could do is much less than would be the case with a Windows OS, due to a much less dangerous basic construction. But Ubuntu does demand more of its user - in any event, that is my (subjective) experience thus far....
Henri 2007/1/13, Ganesha Bhaskara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "June-Anne Hare" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Open Office" <users@openoffice.org> > > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:40 AM > > Subject: [users] internet security - anti-virus etc. > > > > > >>I should like advice on this. > >> > >> My Norton agreement has expired but before that it became "aggressive" so > >> I had to turn it off before receiving e-mails!! If you use openoffice for most of your work and do not require M$ Windoze try ubuntu linux. (http://www.ubuntu.com). Openoffice is available for linux and there will be no more hassles with AV norton or whatever other AV software. -G > >> > >> Does Open Office offer this service, or can you recommend one? > >> > >> June-Anne Hare > >> > > Norton anti-virus software IS a virus. It runs processes in the > > background > > without your permission. It misses a LARGE number of problems that AVG > > gets > > everytime. Norton frequently takes control of the computer without giving > > a > > reason. > > > > Floyd Humpherys
