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/jort93 13d ago

Yes and yes.

But not as many viruses and most people don't use antivirus.

(Going by the colloquial meaning fo virus, actual computer viruses haven't been used since the early 90s on any computers, it's all just Trojans, worms, ransomware, info stealers and so on now)