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BitDefender antivirus with free license - Ubuntu

BitDefender Antivirus
is a versatile on-demand scanner built for Linux systems.
It provides antivirus and antispyware scanning.



1.
First get a free license copy of BitDefender.
http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Products/ScannerLicense/
Fill in the information to get the license key to your email.

2.
Applications> Accessories> Terminal
When you open this copy it (when you ask for your password, type):
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following lines:
deb http://download.bitdefender.com/repos/deb/ bitdefender non-free
(Save changes and close sources.list)

3.
Terminal
wget http://download.bitdefender.com/repos/deb/bd.key.asc
sudo apt-key add bd.key.asc

4.
Terminal
sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

5.
Terminal
sudo aptitude install bitdefender-scanner-gui

6.
Restart your system

7.
Applications> System Tools> BitDefender Scanner

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are there any good free antivirus programs?

Malware bytes make a very good free one. Download the free version at there site.Just make sure you do not select "start 30 day trial" during installation, if you do it will not be free!
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