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Clamav is the only anti virus I know of for Linux
by mattl 4y ago
Clamav is the only anti virus I know of for Linux
- OJFord 4y agoIt's all I've heard of too - though I suppose you run it in wine or a container, or even a traditional VM for that matter (just limited to scanning the mounted volume, not processes etc.) - I just wanted to keep it open and didn't think there was any point splitting the 'yes' vote.
- verdverm 4y agoClamAV runs natively in linux. AV typically hashes files and matches them against a known database. It's not doing something that is only possible in windows
- frankharv 4y agoIt also looks inside files complimenting my FreeBSD desktop. PDF's for example can embed JavaScript. Clam alerts to those with malicious payload. I am sure there are false positives but I don't want anything embedded in my PDF's. I use xPDF reader and feel relatively safe. It does only the bare basic. Nevertheless I like knowing whats lurking inside my PDF's on my disk. Deleting any PDF with embedded JS is fine with me. For that I salute you ClamAV.
- OJFord 4y agoI know, I was saying you could, I suppose, run Avast or McAfee or whatever in those ways.
- verdverm 4y agoRecently hit v1 too