FProt with Graphical Interface

From Knowledge76

Also works for Ubuntu 5.10 Does NOT work on 64bit version of Ubuntu

Q: Is viruses, trojans and malware a threat to a linux system as in Windows?

A: No, there's a very few viruses to linux and the way a Linux/unix is build up makes it difficult to do any serious damage to the system, in fact I've never heard from people who got their Linux/unix system infected.

Q: So why install a anti-virus application/program?

A: For an ordinary Linux Home user with only one OS system their's no need for Anti-virus, but people who's running network, server or dual booting with win OS this tool can be very handy to scan and delete viruses.

Q: I'm a home user only running Linux do I need it?

A: No, a firewall is way better as protection in that case.

First thing you need to run this in the terminal:

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get upgrade 
sudo apt-get install build-essential 
sudo apt-get install libwww-perl 
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev 
sudo apt-get install checkinstall

Grab F-prot here and pick the debian/gnu file. (4.6.6)

Download XFPROT-1.15 here.

First the fp-linux-ws.deb need to be installed:

cd /where/you/saved/the/files/ sudo dpkg -i fp-linux-ws.deb

Next the frontend for F-prot

cd /where/you/saved/the/files/ 
tar zxvf xfprot-1.15.tar.gz cd xfprot-1.15 
./configure --with-gtk2 --with-sudo --autodetect --without-debug --with-install-dir=/usr/local 
make 
sudo checkinstall 
sudo dpkg -i xfprot-1.15_1.15-1_i386.deb

Now we need to add it to 'Application launcher:

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/fprot.desktop

add:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=F-Prot
Comment=Anti-Virus Application
Exec=xfprot
Icon=/usr/local/xfprot/icons/antivirus-48x48.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;System;

Save and exit.

To uninstall:

sudo dpkg -r xfprot-1.15 sudo dpkg -r fp-linux-ws.deb