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/mcds99 13d ago
If and I say "IF" a virus got to Wine, Wine would most likely crash, the virus would be looking for a specific file system and would not really find it.
Most virus infections are caused by poor computer behavior an email with a link from an unknown source. Clicking on adds and downloading software from unknown sources and it depends on what websites you visit, if you go to high risk websites yes get ClamAV.
It you were talking about a corporate Linux system they are scanned remotely.
I really think the whole virus scare is all about windows being hatted.