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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
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10-foot pole ---------------- Kaspersky
Kaspersky actually has a good track record of NOT being anything malicious (Except for old times when it seemed to flag pirate software quite often).
However, if the tool is closed-source, this is naturally against Linux ethos and is generally something to avoid, given extensive permissions.
They actually had a good track record but I think a FSB stooge took a board position and at that point...
Does it find itself?
It just removes itself along with Nvidia, Realtek and Broadcom
Yay, let's install Spyware on our Linux computers 👌
Does it scan for Kaspersky?
This is very cool! Is it FOSS though? Kaspersky is doing good stuff, but I Antivirus is also problematic, and has like all the privileges you can get
No thanks
I HIGHLY doubt that they would detect the XZ backdoor
Even if it did, what would you do? rm -rf /?
XZ is part of the core system
Why? It's not hard. They typically hash files and look for hits against a database of known vulnerabilities.
Yes and if viruses use something like base64 encoding or other methods, the hashes dont match anymore.
As far as I understood it, it is pretty easy to make your virus permanently un-hashable by just always changing some bits
First is it open source, and why do they made a such tool? 😂
So they have made a Linux antivirus?
ClamAV is the OG
AFAIK, clamAV hunts Window viruses, not Linux malware. The linux equivalent I know of is rkhunter.
There are plenty if Linux end point protection tools. However, I think the best protection is security patching.
For personal use I don't think there is any good malware detection tools. I think you just need to harden your browser and not install random packages from online. Best if you stick with distro repos only.
Really? I just found enterprise grade e.g. server security tools. Most sites I found were ourdated, where the Linux EndpointSecurity tools were discontinued (even tho the server tools would probably as good as EndpointSecurity)