is it recommended to use an antivirus program with UBUNTU ???
Protect me
Archived thread 1016721 from Recurring Discussions. Markdown source: Recurring_Discussions/thread_1016721_Protect_me.md
No. I've never used one.
You dont need one
I don't even recommend it with Windows, but there are currently no viruses "in the wild" for Linux and not likely to be any in the near future.
If you're still not sure, go to my blog, click on Perminent Articles, and look at the two about viruses and Linux.
If you want a firewall use the firestarter.
lovelyvik293 said: If you want a firewall use the firestarter.
I don't think firestarter is a firewall. You use firestarter to configure your firewall--iptables.
AVG makes a free linux anti-virus version, go to their website to get it
According to synaptic firestarter is:-
gtk program for managing and observing your firewall Firestarter is a complete firewall tool for Linux machines. It features an easy to use firewall wizard to quickly create a firewall.
Ubuntu Security by bodhi.zazen: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=510812
You don't need one for all the reasons stated above. I have heard about ClamAV, you might want to check that out