Firewall and Anti virus Tips

**beanlicker** · 09-23-2012, 12:26 AM

Keeping your computer safe is very important to anonymous online. You really don't want a trojan horse sending your information to somebody. Ubuntu comes with built-in firewall (it's not difficult to install one either). You can install Gufw which is a great GUI to support your Ubuntu firewall. Latest version of windows comes with the firewall. Enable it if you haven't already.

Anti virus is a necessary evil. I use Avast and clamav. Both are available for all three platforms. clamav is an open source project. I prefer using it.

**PAiN** · 09-24-2012, 02:10 AM

Good info. Firewalls are very important.

I was using the free AVG, but since the new update it almost messed up my whole computer. System restore quit working and chkdsk wouldn't work at all. Uninstalled it and it started right up.

**beanlicker** · 09-24-2012, 03:14 AM

Originally Posted by PAiN

Good info. Firewalls are very important.

I was using the free AVG, but since the new update it almost messed up my whole computer. System restore quit working and chkdsk wouldn't work at all. Uninstalled it and it started right up.

I've used AVG in the past....If you try Avast, you'll never look back!