I have just d/l AVG 7.1 A/V for Linux and installed it successfully but it
isnt showing any ideas

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:25:49 +0000 in
1T%tj.4558$os2.285@newsfe3-win.ntli.net "PWB" <pwbutt@googlemail.com>
wrote:

> I have just d/l AVG 7.1 A/V for Linux and installed it successfully but
> it isnt showing any ideas

What do you mean, isn't showing? For instance on my box when I'm using
Gnome it's under Applications -> Utilities -> More Programs - AVG.

Veering slightly away from the direct subject - how do I "insmod
dazuko" (as spotted on boot) if I need that to provide "real-time"
protection - have tried going to the directory it's in as root (/etc/
sysconfig/dazuko) but get "insmod: error inserting 'dazuko': -1 Invalid
module format". Also, may be linked, is there any way to get a stamp like
on AVG for Windows saying that the e-mail's been checked (using
Evolution)? I appreciate that running viruses is a lot harder on Linux
than Windows.

Stephan
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PWB wrote:

> I have just d/l AVG 7.1 A/V for Linux

Why? Linux isn't Windows. It is not a magnet for viruses like MS products.

> and installed it successfully but it
> isnt showing any ideas

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>
> Why? Linux isn't Windows. It is not a magnet for viruses like MS products.
>
>
Whilst this is a valid point, I use AVG to check that files that I'm
forwarding on to MS using friends and colleagues do not contain virii
that may affect them.

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Stephan Bird wrote:-

>Also, may be linked, is there any way to get a stamp like
>on AVG for Windows saying that the e-mail's been checked (using
>Evolution)?

Why on earth would you do that? Or don't you know that, like everything
else in an e-mail, it can be faked[0]? It ranks up there, along with the
"confidentiality disclaimers" that are basically legal sounding "cover
your arse" bullshit, often gets appended to mails completely
automatically and have as much legal standing as the paper they're
delivered using[1].


[0] Well, more than can be. I've lost count of the number of trojans
I've received in e-mails where they've also had the "this is certified
virus-free" crap added.

[1] do I really need to add anything here?

Regards,
David Bolt

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Timfy wrote:

>
>>
>> Why? Linux isn't Windows. It is not a magnet for viruses like MS
>> products.
>>
>>
> Whilst this is a valid point, I use AVG to check that files that I'm
> forwarding on to MS using friends and colleagues do not contain virii
> that may affect them.

I am of the opinion that if somebody in this day and age is stupid enough to
still use an operating system fraught with malware they deserve any and all
infections somebody else is sending them.

Your approach is contributing to the virus problem in that until MS users
are so stymied by malware that their computers are useless, they will never
look for a better solution. Similarly, when gasoline reaches a $100 a
gallon, it will be good for the world as it will force them to look for
better solutions or everyone will start walking again.

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On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:01:30 -0500, Darrell Stec
<darrell_stec@webpagesorcery.com> wrote:

>I am of the opinion that if somebody in this day and age is stupid enough to
>still use an operating system fraught with malware they deserve any and all
>infections somebody else is sending them.


Does that mean that in this piracy tolerant society that we should
accept Chinese pirated DVDs or that you should get bird flu?

That's what they are sending our broken economy and broken defense
system right now, and you deserve everything they are sending you.

I think you have some fairly flawed logic there, asswipe. You are what
we all know of as and refer to as a zealot.

SoothSayer wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:01:30 -0500, Darrell Stec
> <darrell_stec@webpagesorcery.com> wrote:
>
>>I am of the opinion that if somebody in this day and age is stupid enough
>>to still use an operating system fraught with malware they deserve any and
>>all infections somebody else is sending them.
>
>
> Does that mean that in this piracy tolerant society that we should
> accept Chinese pirated DVDs

Since most of that is directed toward Microsoft and Bill Gates is the
biggest and most dishonest pirate in the world, I have no problems with
Chinese pirated DVDs. As for non MS films, Hollywood need only price their
products lower.

Besides your analogy is a poor one.


> or that you should get bird flu?
>

If there is something wrong with what I am doing and I get the Asian bird
flu then YES I deserve what I get.

> That's what they are sending our broken economy and broken defense
> system right now, and you deserve everything they are sending you.
>

I've seen statistics that close to 50% of malware comes directly from
Microsoft. In fact their software IS considered malware in some circles.
Remember the original Win95? 127 million copies were recalled because the
original CD had a virus on it. Recently the newer CD for MSN 9 came with 5
backdoor viruses.

Forget the Chinese. Worry about what MS is creating. And it is there
products that open the windows to what you are claiming the Chinese are
sending.

Do you work for Microsoft?


> I think you have some fairly flawed logic there, asswipe. You are what
> we all know of as and refer to as a zealot.


You just answered my question. Thank you. By the way, how much does MS pay
people like you these days? Is it more than a hamburger flipper?

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"Timfy" <nospam@thisaddress.ta> wrote in message
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>
>>
>> Why? Linux isn't Windows. It is not a magnet for viruses like MS
>> products.
>>
>>
> Whilst this is a valid point, I use AVG to check that files that I'm
> forwarding on to MS using friends and colleagues do not contain virii that
> may affect them.

and thats the reason i d/l it , but I find it says now I found where it is
that it says I have no permission to use it to update so where do I get the
permissions as there is no where I can see to input a password

PWB wrote:
> "Timfy" <nospam@thisaddress.ta> wrote in message
> news:jo1uj.2059$Ef1.172@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>>> Why? Linux isn't Windows. It is not a magnet for viruses like MS
>>> products.
>>>
>>>
>> Whilst this is a valid point, I use AVG to check that files that I'm
>> forwarding on to MS using friends and colleagues do not contain virii that
>> may affect them.
>
> and thats the reason i d/l it , but I find it says now I found where it is
> that it says I have no permission to use it to update so where do I get the
> permissions as there is no where I can see to input a password
>
>
Updating is allowed under root by the following command: avgupdate -o
I am using avg and can test from gui or console mode.

A couple of useful Console commands:
avgupdate --help
avgscan --help

avgscan home
avgscan media