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[agnl666]

i was wondering what is some good antivirus software for linux/unix/ubuntu. i know there is not a lot of virus's for linux computer though i think it always better safe than sorry. what do you guys use or what have you heard of? thank you :)

[Alexander]

Unless the source is non-free, it will always have a source format and atleast a community around it (especially with a community package manager), to put it into better perspective Unix/Linux viruses are expensive, and NOT profitable, so it is very doubtful one is in the wild in context of others.

The only antivirus I am aware of is fairly aged (one of the more prominent userbase/update servers), you can download it from here:
Clam AntiVirus

Or install using apt-get:
sudo apt-get install clamav

It is for any UNIX system that supports its dependencies, so should work on any Linux from source if it isn't in a package manager.

[Milyardo]

Logically the concept of Anti-virus software is backwards. If there is a deficiency in any software system that can be abused by malicious programs, that deficiency should be fixed instead of creating software to find said malicious software(which almost certainly takes more work to do than fixing the original problem itself).

ClamAV however, is designed to search for Win32 viruses. This is particularly useful if your Linux box shares alot of files with a a Windows one, so that if you download something malicious in Linux, even though Linux it self will be immune, you can detect its presence before you share it with a Windows box, or it spreads across your network via some other mechanisms like SMB or FTP shares.

[jwxie518]

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