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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).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Question about Antivirus (piefed.social)

submitted 2 days ago by DanceMomsSavedMe@piefed.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 4 points 15 hours ago

it's generally a good idea to not have your home folder accessible to windows programs running under wine. other than that, i don't see the need for an antivirus. keep your system updated, and use virustotal for the occasional suspicious file