Re: [ubuntu-uk] Virus/Firewall protection.....

2009-08-28 Thread Sean Miller
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:06 PM, jakewc2 wrote: > Ah, I understand what uyou mean bow. I do log in but I have to use sudo to > anything, which means I have to enter a pasword. So I am doing the right > things there. The key is that you have to re-enter your password... therefore you are far more

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Virus/Firewall protection.....

2009-08-28 Thread jakewc2
Ah, I understand what uyou mean bow. I do log in but I have to use sudo to anything, which means I have to enter a pasword. So I am doing the right things there. Thank you for writing that, it has put my mind at rest. John. ps, just out of a matter of interest, since beginning to sue the Termina

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Virus/Firewall protection.....

2009-08-28 Thread Alan Bell
John Matthews wrote: > Hi Alan, > > thank you for the e-mail, those two urls are really useful. I did check > on both, dont much understand what it has to say, but I do know now that > I seem to be secure, and I can make it eve more secure if I want it. > > I only asked, because I have a program

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Virus/Firewall protection.....

2009-08-28 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 28/08/09 13:21, John Matthews wrote: > Hi Alan, > > thank you for the e-mail, those two urls are really useful. I did check > on both, dont much understand what it has to say, but I do know now that > I seem to be secure, and I can make it eve more secure if I want it. > > I only asked, because

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Virus/Firewall protection.....

2009-08-28 Thread John Matthews
Hi Alan, thank you for the e-mail, those two urls are really useful. I did check on both, dont much understand what it has to say, but I do know now that I seem to be secure, and I can make it eve more secure if I want it. I only asked, because I have a program on windows, that suddenly appear

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Virus/Firewall protection.....

2009-08-28 Thread Alan Bell
John Matthews wrote: > I wonder if somebody can hep. I dont have any firewall or virus > protection on my ubuntu partitions. I am a little bit concerned about > this. I did install one Called Firestarter, which messed up everything, > and I had to uninstall it. I just couldnt get around the fire