If you currently have another anti-virus package we recommend you uninstall the other package and then install VirusScan. We particularly recommend VirusScan as it is easy to keep it updated. If you have another package already it is probably out of date and ineffective. Each evening when your computer is switched on it will check to see if an update is available to the database of viruses that can be detected. If so the update is installed automatically.
Updates are normally available once a week.
In addition occasionally Upgrades are available. These improve the scanning software and are sometimes necessary to detect or remove new sorts of viruses. Upgrades have to be triggered manually, but this is easy to do. It is essential that Linux users configure their systems carefully and install patches for security problems as they become known. ResNet Co-ordinator Return to main ResNet page Maintained by ResNet Webmaster .