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In most cases you won’t need an Anti-Virus for your Linux machine. But it’s always safe than to be sorry and hence getting some protection is never a bad idea. Today we’ll see how to install BitDefender Anti-Virus on Ubuntu machine (Jaunty Jackalope). The best part is it’s free for personal use and comes with a 417 days of free subscription. Let’s  get started.

Home Page

http://www.bitdefender.com/

Description

BitDefender Antivirus 2009 provides advanced proactive protection against viruses, spyware, phishing attacks and identity theft, without slowing down your PC.

Request for a free license

First, we’ll get our selves a free license. Remember this is only for personal use and if you are using it for office use please buy the product. Go to the following page:

http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-80-en — BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-for-Unices.html

and click Request a free license. Enter the details and select I agree and click send. You’ll get your key in the email.

Download Bitdefender AntiVirus

1. On the same page as above, click Download.
2. On the next page enter all the details and click submit.
3. You’ll receive another mail, this time with the link to the download page.
4. Go to the link and click BitDefender Antivirus scanner for Unices (Linux, FreeBSD).
5. On the next page click Download.
6. Click EN_FR_BR_RO/ on the next page.
7. On the following page click Linux.
8. Finally click BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run to download the executable deb file on your Desktop.

Installing BitDefender Antivirus

1. Open a terminal window

2. Go to the directory where you download the file (In my case it is Desktop).

3. All you have to do now is type the following:

sudo sh BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run

4. Enter your password and type  accept once you have gone through the license agreement.

5. In order start BitDefender go to Applications > System Tools > BitDefender Scanner.

6. Enter the key that you received your mail to extend your subscription by clicking set new key.

Have fun using one of the very good Antivirus on your Ubuntu machine.