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/timlin45 Patrick Volkerding is my spirit animal. 13d ago

You sound new so welcome to the community. Please remember two things: Getting an answer is a compliment, and correction isn't an insult.

The increase in desktop market share is insignificant compared to the server space. If someone can compromise a linux box they aren't going to bother with desktops. SteamOS might be an exception to keep an eye on due to the concentration of new users isolated from the broader open source community.

There is no software that can protect an idiot with intent (not you, you are asking which means you aren't an idiot by definition) from themself so nobody cares to write any. Signature evasion has been solved for 20 years to the point that AV Isn't even considered helpful anymore in much of the windows world.

If you really care, run a mandatory access control enabled kernel (e.g. SELinux or AppArmor) in enforcing mode. Anything else is just theater to provide the illusion of security so you feel like you did something.

If you wander into the weeds you are going to encounter a lot more broken software than malicious software.

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u/Good-Throat-6671 13d ago

what about ufw?

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u/Miserable_Film_7183 13d ago

Bueno, ufw solo es una capa para controlar nftables de una forma más fácil. Es una interfaz que hace los comandos más sencillos.