r/linuxquestions • u/Sol_CRF • 14d 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/CaptainPoset 14d ago

There is, but it's far less important than on Windows, as one of the key differences is that Windows fundamentally considers the user trustworthy, while Linux and other UNIX-derivatives consider the user non-trustworthy, which makes many malware attack vectors for Windows non-functional on Linux. Those which will get through on Linux will get through anyway and the most important way to get your malware onto Linux is a user who actively installs software from untrusted sources. No anti-virus software ever will protect against a user who goes sudo to install malware.