06-24-2020, 04:02 PM
Contrary to urban legends, Mac and Linux do have viruses.
They are only fewer since virus makers usually like to spread their creations and there are more Windows machines.
On Linux, a popular one is ClamAV but it is not "real-time" meaning, you have to scan a computer for it to detect viruses.
Personnaly I prefer "real-time" antiviruses to catch virus "in the act" (i.e. before they infect/corrupt/delete files).
Though I do not use a Linux antivirus personnaly since I keep my important files on different protected locations, I still use one on all my Windows machine because... experience.
If everything important are on your personnal computer, backup to a USB (that you disconnect after backups) or protected network drive as needed.
If you have none of those an antivirus and/or cloud backup is suggested.
Quite a few major antivirus companies make Linux Antivirus.
I will leave the Linux "Masters" suggest which ones are the best...
They are only fewer since virus makers usually like to spread their creations and there are more Windows machines.
On Linux, a popular one is ClamAV but it is not "real-time" meaning, you have to scan a computer for it to detect viruses.
Personnaly I prefer "real-time" antiviruses to catch virus "in the act" (i.e. before they infect/corrupt/delete files).
Though I do not use a Linux antivirus personnaly since I keep my important files on different protected locations, I still use one on all my Windows machine because... experience.
If everything important are on your personnal computer, backup to a USB (that you disconnect after backups) or protected network drive as needed.
If you have none of those an antivirus and/or cloud backup is suggested.
Quite a few major antivirus companies make Linux Antivirus.
I will leave the Linux "Masters" suggest which ones are the best...
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