All in all, Karmic Koala was a great release of the Ubuntu Linux operating system. It introduced Ubuntu Software Center, Ubuntu One, Disk Utility, better support for Intel graphics cards, as well as built-in support for the XZ compression format. Ubuntu Linux Karmic Koala Linux distribution Ubuntu Linux Karmic Koala. Hii,i know there is no need in linux for antivirus. But i wanna to install a antivirus in ubuntu 9.10 but i dont know how. Please suggest. Canonical has released Ubuntu 9.10 Linux distribution for Desktops and Netbook. It is publicly released for free download. According to the release note from Canonical, a Europe based organization which is sponsor of Ubuntu, this Linux distribution’s latest release is having below mentioned features.
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avast! Home Edition is a complete anti-virus package, that is is free for registered home non-commercial users. It contains an on-demand scanner with two interfaces (simple for novices and advanced for experienced users), an on-access scanner with Standard Shield (which protects against execution and opening malware programs) and an embedded e-mail scanner which scans incoming and outgoing email messages.
Install Avast Antivirus in Ubuntu
First you need to download the .deb package from here
wget http://files.avast.com/files/linux/avast4workstation_1.0.6-2_i386.deb
Now you have avast4workstation_1.0.6-2_i386.deb package.Install .deb package using the following command
sudo dpkg -i avast4workstation_1.0.6-2_i386.deb
This will complete the installation now you need to get the registration key for this you need to fill the on-line form available here and they will send registration key to your mail address
Applications Menu Setup
or this you need to run a script from the following location
Winbox via IP no problem. ASUS P5GC (6xPCI) 2.9.39 Ethernet recognized but not working ASUS P7P55D PRO 4.5 Works ok, PATA controller (JMicron JM363) and internal Ethernet successfully recognized. ASUS P5GC-MX/1333 (2x PCI) 3.7 Works great for pentium dual-core e2160, hdd pata and sata, 1,5gb ram dual channel mode, except the attansic l2 ethernet onboard card is not recognized. ASUS P5KC (Intel P35, 3x PCI, 3xPCI-E) 3.10 Not supported PATA controller (JMicron JMB363), ROS can boot from USB flash drive; internal ethernet not recognized. 
cd /usr/lib/avast4workstation/share/avast/desktop
Ubuntu 9.10 Theme
sudo ./install-desktop-entries.sh install
This will complete the application menu setup.
If you want to access you need to go to Applications--->Accessories--->avast!Antivirus
First time it will prompt for license key enter your license key you have got in our previous steps
Avast Antivirus Interface
Avast Antivirus database is updating.If you want to update click on update database
You can select the virus scan here and click on start scan
Avast antivirus version details
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