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[solarmaze]

I am a new user. I assume that I must do something about anti-virus on this unit like any of my other desktop pcs or laptops...
With such limited storage space, what do people typically use? I was hoping to use the free Norton from Comcast.

[plodr]

If running windows Clam Win has a small footprint but does not offer real time monitoring.
If running linux, forget about av.

[AFX]

i never use AV. on any of my machines. yeah i know that doesnt help you, but i guess what im saying is be careful what you do and you wont have to worry.

if i do end up getting a virus, i usually remove it the dirty manual way. i do tend to make ghost images of my hard drives every once in a while.

[tarant8l]

Low on resources, with an outdated AV, the installed one won't update, I am trying...

/home/user> sudo freshclam
ClamAV update process started at Mon Feb 20 15:10:37 2012
WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
WARNING: Local version: 0.91.2 Recommended version: 0.97.3
DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq
Downloading main-45.cdiff [100%]
Downloading main-46.cdiff [100%]
Downloading main-47.cdiff [ 27%]

[plodr]

tarant8l, I said NO av on linux. Pointless to try an use clam on the outdated Xandros/Debian install.