Powerful anti-virus software Avast in Linux

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In XP, I like anti-virus software very much. Because his family version is free permanently, the virus library is updated fast, the system resources are occupied less, the automatic protection function is comprehensive, and the interface is very beautiful, of course, strong anti-virus capabilities are beyond doubt. There are very few false positives, much better than Kabbah. Although it is not easy to get poisoned in linux, I still like to install avast that I have a special liking! (Like this exclamation point !)

1. Installation Process:
1 download: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-for-linux-edition.html

After the download is complete, double-click to install it (under Fedora 7)

2. You can find the avast startup icon in the system tool. You need to enter the serial number for the first time you open it.
Registered address: http://www.avast.com/eng/home-registration.php

Registration is easy. Enter a form and then log on to your mailbox to receive the serial number.

Open the software, the graphical interface is not as beautiful as Windows, it should be said that it is very simple.

3. Click update database to update the virus database. Although I use CERNET, the speed is fast.

Ii. Anti-Virus process:
1 select folder to scan select scan path
Available options: home (home folder)
Entire system (scan the entire system)
Selected folders (selected folder, you can click the "+" button below to add a folder)

2 type of scan select scan level

There are three methods: quick, standard, and thorough.

3 start scan)

Avast is installed in both XP and Linux! You can say goodbye to viruses.