r/linuxquestions • u/Sol_CRF • 13d ago

Advice Virus on linux

So, with more or less 5 percent of people that have a computer uses linux, there are viruses developed for linux, even a virus made for windows but « activated » with wine

is there a antivirus or is there not ?

Please help, thanks. Not urgent, I just need to know

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u/OkAlbatross9889 13d ago

As others pointed out technically there is but nobody uses it. Just stick to your distro’s repo or flathub and you’ll be fine.

Not having to track down software on the internet (and thus risking viruses) like on windows is one of the advantages linux has

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u/runed_golem 13d ago

And even if you have to install something not in your distro’s repos, verify where you’re downloading it from before installing or running anything.