I think I made a mistake...

[fikelfikel]

Should I have downloaded this program named "ClamTk Virus Scanner"? At the start it came up in a popup window that the signatures were 15 days old, and sounded like a "Yelp!" through my speekers. It said in Add/Remove that it wasn't officialy supported.

[thomasyen]

I don't think you've got a problem. You've simply downloaded a virus scanner for Ubuntu (from the repos, I assume).

Usually, virus scanners for Linux systems are used on Linux mail servers potentially sending mail to Windows machines. Currently there are no known Linux viruses in the wild.

[snkiz]

not true last time I looked there were about 700 viruses written for *nix most being harmless. That said, the new fear cross platform viruses from macros or php. wiki linux virus

[thomasyen]

Really? I've never heard of that...
Maybe Ubuntu still isn't as secure as we think it is, huh? Maybe OpenBSD will fare better...

[fikelfikel]

Really? I've never heard of that...
Maybe Ubuntu still isn't as secure as we think it is, huh? Maybe OpenBSD will fare better...

It's on Intrepid Ibex (final release). Goto Applicatons -} Add/Remove -} select All Available Applications and search for "Virus Scanner". The programs name in add/remove is virus scanner, but it's real name is ClamTk Virus Scanner. One of my relatives programs FreeBSD. it's actualy pretty good, but somehow, I prefer Ubuntu.