The only Linux antivirus…
Many of the popular Windows antivirus programs have a Linux equivalent (Sophos, ESET NOD32, Comodo, F-PROT). But more often than not these do little more than scan for signatures of Windows viruses. This doesn’t mean they should be disregarded outright; if you use Wine to run Windows programs then you could inadvertantly use it to run Windows malware. Also, if you run an email server then it’s absolutely in your interests to scan incoming messages for Windows threats. Even if you don’t, maybe you’d rather know if that file you can’t remember downloading contains a Windows nasty, and maybe you’d feel safer scanning it from Linux.
We’re going to look at what appears to be the. We actually looked at this way, way back in and to be honest, barring a higher version number, it hasn’t changed that much. The Ubuntu 19.04 repositories include a nearly up-to-date version of (0.100.3 versus the 0.101.2 available on its website). Older versions of the program are available for previous Ubuntu releases, or you can compile it yourself if you’re feeling brave – the PPA no longer exists. Generally speaking you’re fine with an older version since it will still download up-to-date definitions. Installation is just a matter of:
