Do I need antivirus program? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have default windows defender, but didnt even know its antivirus lol. Is there any antivirus installed by default on any popular linux distro? What do you use?

I feel like antivirus can just annoy me when trying to crack something, but maybe defender protects me and im not aware.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My paranoid me has no concerns in regards to Linux but I am running pyload in an LXC under proxmox to download you know what for my Windows PC.

So before using the files I would like to have them checked.

Therefore I just finished my setup.

Debian 12 LXC unprivileged, running pyload through openvpn tunnel. clamav does daily checks in the download directory and sends me an email if anything is found.