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Howto: Securing Ubuntu Linux

This howto shows you a few simple steps you can take to secure your Ubuntu Linux desktop from internet exploits including setting up and configuring your firewall, anti-virus with daily updates to virus definitions and daily scans, automatic security updates and protecting Firefox with No Script. All from the comfort of the GUI.

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by Stewart Gateley

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15 thoughts on “Howto: Securing Ubuntu Linux

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  • Thanks, Stewart… I am learning Linux and this guide was so simple to follow and I trust my computer is secure. It would also be good to mention using a paid VPN and only running apps in sudo from the ubuntu software center as security measures.

  • Thank you sir. I'm a newbie and found this to be VERY informative. Thank you for your time.

  • In the antivirus signatures for the ClamTk virus scanner it has "manual" and "automatic" rather than "single user" and "System wide". What is the difference? and which is recommended? Thank you for taking the time to make this video! =D

  • THANK YOU FOR THE TUTORIAL. IT WAS QUICK,EASY, AND EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

  • @Piscess86 In this video I use clamav, simply because it's free, available in the Ubuntu repositories, has a 64-bit version and mostly because it can be set up using only the GUI, which is a requirement for all of my videos.

    That said, both AVG and Avast have good, 32-bit clients for Linux. You can download them from their respective sites and pass –force-architecture to your dpkg command on 64-bit. I used to use and like AVG, but I find clamav to fulfil my needs and is well supported.

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