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Install Bitdefender Antivirus On Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.10, 12.04 And Linux Mint

Bitdefender is a best Antivirus software in the year 2013. Bitdefender introduce more features like; privacy control, antivirus & antispyware, personal firewall, user control & backup corporate and home users. This software is developed by Romania-based software company Softwin.


Features

* Superior security for all your data
* Extremely fast. Non-intrusive. With Bitdefender Photon™
* Guards your online transactions. Protects your digital identity.
* Reveals your kids’ online activities. Restricts them when necessary.
* Protects your Internet connection with its firewall

Install Bitdefender

Press Ctrl+Alt+T for open Terminal and try the following commands,

1. Add the repository key 

wget http://download.bitdefender.com/repos/deb/bd.key.asc
sudo apt-key add bd.key.asc

2. Add the following line to the /etc/apt/sources.list file

deb http://download.bitdefender.com/repos/deb/ bitdefender non-free
You can run sudo /etc/apt/sources.list in terminal to open and edit the file.

3.) Update and install BitDefender packages

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bitdefender-scanner-gui

Install Avast AntiVirus On Ubuntu 13.10,13.04,12.10,12.04 and Linux Mint 14,15

Avast is a antivirus for computer programs, it available to microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users with a user interface available in 41 languages. The name Avast is coming from "Anti-Virus-Advanced-Set". It have more features like; File system shield, Anti-spyware capabilities, Anti rootkit capabilities, Audible alarms, Virus chest, Boot-time scan, Consumer alert, AVAST cloud, Remote Assistance.

Install Avast AntiVirus

Press Ctrl+Alt+T to launch a terminal window, paste following command into terminal and hit enter to download avast
wget http://files.avast.com/files/linux/avast4workstation_1.3.0-2_i386.deb

Now run this command to install it:

sudo dpkg -i avast4workstation_1.3.0-2_i386.deb

When you launch it, it will prompt you to register and obtain a free license key

64-bit Ubuntu, first install i32-libs package:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Now run this command to install the deb:

sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i avast4workstation_1.3.0-2_i386.deb

After the packages are installed make sure that all of the required libraries can be found. Type the following:
ldd /usr/lib/avast4workstation/bin/avastgui
ldd /usr/lib/avast4workstation/bin/avast