> I use clamav for virus protection and spamassassin for spam filtering. > Both are very accessible, are automatically updated on a regular basis, > and come in Debian packages. In addition, spamassassin can be > configured stochastically, i.e. so it learns as it goes, if you want to > take the trouble to tell it about false positives and false negatives. > My email services have their own filters, but mine still catch things > from time to time. I have not played with the stochastic configuration, > but it's there if one wants to. > > But Linux security is more than just virus and spam. It would pay to > dig into the subject a bit. A good firewall is a start, and running > only essential services and daemons. > Yes, but we have to start at the level of the original questioner's understanding. He / she may not even realise the relationship between debian and Ubuntu, for example.