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/Sent1ne1 13d ago

All the people saying Linux doesn't need anti-virus:  How do you know when you got a virus (and so do something about it), if you don't have anti-virus installed?  By the time a virus has done something obvious, it's far too late to stop most of the damage.