I have always heard not to use antivirus on Linux but I saw the post about a guy getting a RAT exploit backdoored through wine and it had me thinking should I be using ClamAV or some other antivirus for Linux?
I have always heard not to use antivirus on Linux but I saw the post about a guy getting a RAT exploit backdoored through wine and it had me thinking should I be using ClamAV or some other antivirus for Linux?
Which one would you recommend?
Anti-viruses’ popularity is a bit paradoxical.
If something is good then it becomes popular, and then once it is popular malware developers add specific testing for that specific AV software so it becomes less good over time.
This is half true, malware may target and look for weaknesses in it but the vendor responds faster too. But it is rare for a lot of time to be spent by “common” malware authors, since most countermeasures are defeated quickly.
I think what OP means is if there are any that have a clear technological advantage. Every windows computer comes with Defender these days, but it’s still helpful at detecting malware.
Wearing a condom isn’t a 100% guarantee to prevent pregnancies, but that doesn’t mean to just raw dog it every time.