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mbpark · 04-01-2010, 06:15 PM

BrianR,

I'd still run firestarter. Really. Paranoia pays, especially when even Windows 7 and the OEM AV on many machines comes with that setting turned on by default!

And I'd run the AV on your email because you may have friends that have send you infected messages. You don't want to be Typhoid Mary, you know

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Ubuntu doesn't come with a root user by default.

And yes, Viruses/malware do live in the Linux and UNIX world. There's just not that many, and the ones that are out there target mainly web and application servers (Samba, etc.). Malware by any other name is still malware.

The one thing I would do if I were you would be to get the latest Firefox for your Ubuntu system, and run FlashBlock, NoScript, and several of the other really popular security plugins. Ubuntu doesn't ship with the latest Firefox. This will make you safer by turning off much of the crap.

04-01-2010, 06:15 PM	#11
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	BrianR, I'd still run firestarter. Really. Paranoia pays, especially when even Windows 7 and the OEM AV on many machines comes with that setting turned on by default! And I'd run the AV on your email because you may have friends that have send you infected messages. You don't want to be Typhoid Mary, you know . Ubuntu doesn't come with a root user by default. And yes, Viruses/malware do live in the Linux and UNIX world. There's just not that many, and the ones that are out there target mainly web and application servers (Samba, etc.). Malware by any other name is still malware. The one thing I would do if I were you would be to get the latest Firefox for your Ubuntu system, and run FlashBlock, NoScript, and several of the other really popular security plugins. Ubuntu doesn't ship with the latest Firefox. This will make you safer by turning off much of the crap.