Daveleh

Hi DragonMage,

you said:

Unfortunately, tinyfirewall doesn't do a warning thing, unless you are looking at the logs.

Ok, so where would I find these logs :?:

If you want to test how secure your firewall is, go to http://www.grc.com There are a few tests in there to check how secure your computer is.

Thanks I'll check that out

I never heard of clamantivirus, can you give me more information or a link to where can I find the product? I prefer fprot anyway for antivirus software.

It was included on a recent Linux Format cover DVD but can also be found at http://clam.elektrapro.com

Hi Defunct,

you said:

well you cant get viruses like you can in windows.. there aren't many worms for linux.. also tinyfirewall doesn't alert you like zonealarm....

I realise that Linux doesnt suffer from viruses the same way that windows does, but I will shortly be joining on online discussion group which are no doubt going to be mainly windows users. Therefore I want to be sure that any attachments they send to me, which I may need to forward on, are virus free for their sakes.

Hi Guys (and gals :wink: )

I have a couple of questions regarding the above subjects, I wonder if anyone can shed anylights

I have recently setup Tinyfirewall on my Mandrake8.2 system. Now it is setup what or where do I check for suspicious activity? When I used WIN98 I used Zonealarm and this would advise me when something was trying to gain access to my pc. Does TinyFireWall do the same :?:

I have also recently installed Clamantivirus. When I run the clamscan test as per the pdf instructions it creates a document in my home directory called scan.txt which tells me that it has found the test viruses but I can't seem to find where it stores the information regarding which viruses it has found and where they are :?:

Also I take it that Clam is just a virus checker and not a virus killer is that correct :?:

Hi Joehill,

you said:

load the page you want at startup and then click window->save view provile, then click "ok"

 

that should do it.

Ok Thanks I'll try that

as for the funny lines on your toolbar, it could be the theme or style you are using, other than that i'm not sure.

No it's nothing to do with that. Konqueror is fine at first then I'll go to another desktop and do something or other. When I return to Konqueror the lines have appeared in the menu and toolbars. If I then close Konqueror and restart it the lines have disappeared. Most weird :?

Oh well, never mind.

Regards

Dave Le Huray

Guernsey, Channel Islands

Hi All,

Can anyione shed any light on the following.

Firstly, how do I set up my default homepage in Konqueror? Whenever I load the program it defaults to file:/usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html.

In Settings | Configure Konqueror | File Manager | Behaviour tab I have http://uk.my.yahoo.com set as the home url but I still get the above page loaded when I start up. I can't seem to find anywhere ielse n the settings to set this.

Secondly every now and then vertical bars appear in the menu bar and toolbars. They are about 1/8 inch wide and spaced alomg the bars at approx 1 inch intervals.

My system is a Celeron500 with 384 Mb ram,

the only way you could give someone on win a virus is if you received a email with a virus attachment and forwarded the email with the attachment to a windows user.

Unfortunately that's exactly my situation. I will be in contact with a small group of (probably) sole windows users. The last thing I want to be accused of is propogating a virus that I may have received from one of them.

You could say that mandrake is anti(windows)virus software :wink: 

Exactly, but try getting a normal windows user to accept that. :?

Hi Peeps :D

Can anyone suggest a decent anti virus program in order to check email contents.

Before anyone responds that Linux doesn't need an anti virus software, I am going to be enrolling on an online training programme where I will be talking to MSWin users. :?

So that I can ensure that I don't inadvertently pass on any virii I would like to at least check incoming emails. Also it is a requirement of enrolling that antivirus software is installed and used. S'pose they have to be careful.

I am running MDrake 8.2 on an Intel Celeron 500.

Any info would be appreciated.