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Kaspersky Virus Scanner?
tfk Jun 3
Kaspersky came out with a virus scanner. Especially made for Linux. You need to give it root permissions to let it be most effective. What do you guys make of this?

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/kaspersky-releases-free-tool-that-scans-linux-for-known-threats/
LoudTechie Jun 3
Personally I prefer CalmAV(open source, longer presence on linux), but I fully understand that Kaspersky's reputation of interesting discoveries might attract users.

Last edited by LoudTechie on 3 June 2024 at 10:45 am UTC
tuubi Jun 3
CalmAV
Clam, not Calm, but yes, it does the job and is available in your distro's repositories. It's a set of command line tools, but third party GUIs and DE integrations are available.
PublicNuisance Jun 5
If it isn't FOSS i'll pass. That being said I prefer common sense over AV anyway.
WorMzy Jun 5
Oh man, reminds me of Comodo Antivirus for Linux. I think they gave up on that after a year or so.
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