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Old 11-18-2006, 07:18 AM   #1
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Installation of Ubuntu

I want to install ubuntu as a second OS in a separet partition. In XP PRO I have Installed Kaspersky antivirus, do I have to install antivirus software in Ubuntu.
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Old 11-18-2006, 09:01 AM   #2
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do I have to install antivirus software in Ubuntu.
No. There are virtually 0 viruses for Linux and you would have to *intentionally* install it. Linux (and Mac) OS's are distinctly different with software installs than Windows (pre-Vista at least).
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