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Linux Antivirus? (lemmy.wtf)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.world
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I'm about to install bazzite on my wife's older (2017) Windows 10 machine, and I've been going over how to recreate everything she currently has. Most programs (even proprietary ones) are not an issue, but I'm not finding much in the antivirus department.

I never even thought to install one on my Linux machine (also on bazzite, but I have used other distros in the past). So although I am no stranger to Linux, this issue blindsided me.

I know clamav exists, and I'm educating myself on how to use it, but a GUI would be nice for the wife. She's not afraid of the terminal, but she likes the convenience of GUI programs.

Any suggestions? What do you use? Or is it just generally accepted that one should be careful and keep things up-to-date and that's enough?

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[–] -5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Linux is essentially immune because we don't install random software off the internet and instead use centralized repositories of software

if you get a virus from that, antivirus won't help you, but this essentially never happens.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Npm says what? Random appimages and flatpaks would like a word as well.

    It's true we generally need no antivirus - so far every demand to install one is rooted in stupidity, including policy built by stupidity - but we're losing the struggle to not install random shit like idiots.

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