[Sussex] firewalling/AV and kubuntu

[David Morris]

John D. wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> My aunt (in her very late 70's) now has a dual boot winXP/kubuntu system, 
> installed by yours truly, after she got virus'd (might have been some other 
> similar problem - I don't know, I didn't repair/sort it).
>
> The person who did the repair, apparently reaffirmed my suggestion that she 
> might be safer using a linux system for browsing/email and just retaining the 
> windows install for the digital photography stuff she does.
>
> Her system is an AMD64 based one, which kubuntu installed on with no problems 
> at all (I actually did the partitioning with Partition Magic 8 - she seemed 
> happier me doing like that, as opposed to using Qparted or something 
> similar).
>
> So the only issue seems to be one of firewalling and anti-virus (yes I have 
> explained that AV isn't quite as important/necessary on a linux install, but 
> she's so windows oriented at the moment etc etc).
>
> Can anyone advise me as to which firewall is likely to be the easiest/most 
> straight forward to install and manage (I'm not always available to assist 
> with any problems she might have)?
>   

Firestarter (http://www.fs-security.com/) is simple and easy to use.  I
also believe there are deb files for it, so it should be straight
forward to install.

> Also, I'm presuming that ClamAV is going to be the AV answer, as it seems to 
> be pretty much the "industry standard"?
>
> As ever, any advice and suggestions are greatfully appreciated.
>
> regards
>
> John D.
>
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