Newbie Ubuntu here

[DoctorReno]

Do I or do I not need to be worried about malware with a Linux OS? Have been recommended BitDefender. Any opinions appreciated.

Downloading this program made me realize I need an education to use Linux. The insturctions say to make what I downloaded executible. I have no idea how to do that in a Linux environment. I am quite lost with the following instructions.

Any extremely patient tecn help until I catch on will be appreciate. Thanks in advance


Its good to install anti-virus if you are dual booting or sometimes scan infected pen drives. The best option will be to use free Bit-defender for Linux. You must be knowing that Bit-defender one of the best or the best.

Link: Antivirus for Linux - Bitdefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices

Go To this link and choose 'Request a Free License (for personal use only)' from left hand side menu. You have to fill a form for license and they will send you a key and location to download anti-virus for your system.

After downloading:

Open terminal and go to location where you downloaded.

Make executable and change permission (You can use full name also I used asterisk alternatively)

chmod u+x BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner*

Install (You can use full name also I used asterisk alternatively)

sudo ./BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner*

The License page will open in terminal. Keep pressing space-bar till you reach end and than it will ask you to ACCEPT it. Just write

accept

And Press ENTER

Finally it will ask if you want to install GUI pack as well. Write

y

And press enter

Run it like any other application on Ubuntu. When you open it there will be an option to 'SET A NEW KEY' press it and copy the key you got in E-mail.

Bit-defender will be up and running with an year license and don't forget to Update it. There is an option in program to do so automatically.

[RicheemxX]

I'd say no to the malware protection, at least not something you'd really need to worry about right away.

I don't normally say this, but while we have a strong contingent of Linux fans and users here at TIMO, I'd really suggest checking out the Ubuntu forums. There are a lot of stickies and older threads that will be a ton of help.

The learning curve for linux can be a bit steep but overall once you get going its not bad.

[Taxmancometh]

I had to learn Linux to flash the firmware of my WIFI card. Now I can use European channels.

[RicheemxX]

BTW this should help with the command for making the file executable Making a file executable in Linux