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Thread ID: 14788 2002-01-19 00:07:00 Free Antivirus Software/Firewalls for Linux Guest (0) Press F1
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31848 2002-01-19 00:07:00 Hi,

I've decided to move away from windows as much as possible, so I will be running several versions of Linux and will run any windows programs under wine or vmware.

My big stumbling blocks are:

1. Are there any free antivirus products out there for linux?

2. Are there any gui based free firewalls for linux? (This isn't such a biggy, but it be convenient if there were).

Thanks

B
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31849 2002-01-19 01:26:00 Linux comes with a firewall but I don't know about any AntiVirus for it Guest (0)
31850 2002-01-19 02:24:00 Have a look through the online manuals:
nix.tmk.auckland.ac.nz .
'Securing and Optimiziing Linux Red Hat Edition' refers to Tripwire. (tucows/linuxberg have Aide (free version of Tripwire).
Also have a lookm at Linux administrators Security Guide : www.seifried.org/lasg/ .

Also the 'Installation and Getting Started' manual in the LDP site is essential reading.

If you want a firewall you can install on an old 486 or something as a standalone, look at the 'eSmith' distribution.
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31851 2002-01-19 05:22:00 Thanks for the help guys. I'll definitely read up on these sites. I already know about Linuxes built in Firewall, thats why I wasn't to worried about that side of things.

Cheers
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31852 2002-01-20 01:24:00 try anti vir
http://www.free-av.com/
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31853 2002-01-20 03:19:00 OK,

I think I'll give up on the viruskiller side of things, but I found a really full featured firewall thats free for personal use.

http://www.astaro.com/

The only down side was you need a Pentium II 300 or better to run it.

Thanks for all your help.
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