Re: AVG Antivirus Update

On 31/03/07, Arsya Pandji <arsya.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have never use AVG Anti-virus in Linux, but perhaps you should run the AVG
Anti-Virus as root.
Like usual you can use sudo to do that.

Might want to use gksudo for a graphical application.

On 3/31/07, The enigma <enigma@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 "The feisty dawn", with

It's fawn, not dawn.

Also are you _sure_ you want to be running development software?
It's not long till it's released (about a month I think).

Andy

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