Is this fix for Avast Antivirus crashing safe to use?
- by TmRn
Well I have installed avast anti virus on Ubuntu 12.04. But after updating, it crashes! So I have made some tweaks like below:
Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open the Terminal. When it opens, run the command below.
sudo gedit /etc/init.d/rcS
Type your password and hit Enter.
When the text file opens, add the line:
sysctl -w kernel.shmmax=128000000
Make sure the line you added is before:
exec /etc/init.d/rc S
This is what it should look like:
#! /bin/sh
# rcS
#
# Call all S??* scripts in /etc/rcS.d/ in numerical/alphabetical order
#
sysctl -w kernel.shmmax=128000000
exec /etc/init.d/rc S
Save the file.
Reboot.
My question is: Did I do anything wrong? I mean as I have made some tweaks, will it lower the security of Avast down like viruses do? Please if you are a programmer check this if it contains bug or harmful intentions... Thanks.