acer on advice on safegaurd

blondie81_2

hi
can anyone give me some advice with my new acer one, i am trying to install my broadbands safeguard but it won't let me does it already have one installed or do i need to do something else

fwor

Which operating system - Linpus or Windows?

If your "broadband safeguard" is a firewall, both should have one already installed, but may need to be configured/enabled.

If it's an antivirus program, you probably don't need it with Linpus.

blondie81_2

its linpus so do you think i already have cover

fwor

Provided it's connected to your broadband router via wireless or ethernet cable, you don't really need either at the moment.

Linpus should already have the iptables firewall installed, but it's probably either turned off by default, or set to a very unrestrictive config.

Major virus threats for Linux-based systems may emerge in future, but at the moment the risks of running without an antivirus program are very very low compared to any version of Windows.