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?

  • mmmm@sopuli.xyz
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    11 hours ago

    I have always heard not to use antivirus on Linux

    I’ve never heard anything like that, and if it’s true it’s really bad advice, to be honest. It’s not that you shouldn’t use an antivirus on Linux, but an extra of security is not bad because shit happens and with its popularity increasing Linux can face security challenges in the future.

    Still if you know what you’re doing you can do just fine without an antivirus.