Ubuntu anti-virus

[angelclare]

I installed Ububtu in the first place because Windows XP Pro was virus laden and frozen. I downloaded the wrong thing and bingo..dead PC.
I am now running Ubuntu 10.10, and using Firefox. I am a big Stumbleupon fan, and I had accepted a share from a "friend", since deleted. But I wound up with a frozen PC again--the result I suppose of having WINE installed.
Long story short, I was able to remove WINE, and uninstall/reinstall Firefox and all is well.
Lesson learned, though. I want to run a good anti-virus program that works with Linux.
How do I install a tar.gz file? Anybody know? Thanks for your help.

[richthelandlord]

Most tar.gz files, once unpacked, will contain a readme.txt file that shows you what to do.

Clam is an open-source AV, and you can get it in the main Ubuntu repository.

Read about it here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ClamAV

If you search for 'clam' in your add-on manager you should find it... select it any it should install automatically without you needing to fiddle with anything.
If you want automatic scanning you'll discover clam-daemon (also in the add-on manager) is needed.

Once it's installed, it'll have to go fetch it's updates - which will include all the latest virus definitions etc.

Hope that helps. :)