Ubuntu, Do you need antivirus,firewall software ?

As you can probably tell I am a Windows user but Ive seen how good Ubuntu is and I decided to give it a go on a spare PC of mine.

Ive got it all installed,which used up some of the old grey matter.

I am however most impressed, especially seeing as its free.

Now to get back to my question.

I have heard you dont need antivirus software, firewall etc. with Linux. Is this true ?

If I do need to install some kind of security, could someone be so kind to point me in the right direction.

Many Thanks.

Ubuntu, Do you need antivirus,firewall software ?antispam

You're highly unlikely to get a virus in linux. Here is a list of Linux viruses:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lin...

If you compare that to the amount of viruses targeted at windows, it's nothing.

If you're paranoid, go to the add or remove programs thing. And search "virus scanner"

Also, don't log on as ROOT (administrator) when you don't have to. You're extremely unlikely to get a virus though

Ubuntu, Do you need antivirus,firewall software ?avast

Ubuntu, out of the box, is fairly secure. The root account isn麓t even activated and there isn麓t anything listening to the internet.

You will find that you can easily add firewall software and antivirus scanners by searching for them in Synaptic (System -%26gt; Administration -%26gt; Synaptic Package Manager) but for the most part you won麓t need them to start.

Firewalls in Linux are actually a small part of a much more powerful tool called iptables. With gui tools like Firestarter you don麓t have to know all the details to get set up but you might be surprised at what else it can do if you take the time to learn it.

Kudos on a successful start!