virus scan

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is there a version of a virus scan that is available to download?

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Shane Fagan (shanepatrickfagan) said :
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This is a regular question.
Yes there is a virus scanner its called clamav
You dont really need a virus scanner, unlike windows, linux is quite good at protecting itself from viruses.

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Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin) said :
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You don't need a virus scanner in Ubuntu, as it is secure by default and there are no known viruses in the wild that affect it.

But if you'd like to be extra secure, this would work: http://appnr.com/package/clamtk

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Abi ^-^ (abiyasa-eka) said :
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Hello, as Vadim said, you don't need a virus scanner in ubuntu.

But, if you want to get some information, please click this link ...
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus

Good luck

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