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?
I think you're missing the point that antivirus should kick in before the malware executes. It's far from 100%, but if you download something stupid, the antivirus should in most cases flag that before you even have a chance to execute it. In that case, you delete it, and the problem is solved, no need to reinstall or anything of the kind.
Of course the "real" solution is to be smart about what you install, but no one is perfect and we also can't expect the world to be super computer literate (unfortunately).