[Trisquel-users] malware
Hi all, Is there any possibility to check of the trisquel-os on a desktop is infected with a virus, or malware, or other stuff. On Win-d ows there are plenty of Antivirus programs and mostly you can see that the system is infected. Are there indications for infections of Gnu/linux trisquel ? PS this is just a hypothetical question; My trisqueldistribution is not infected ( i think ! )
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clamav, rkhunter, lynis are some of the tools available on trisquel
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It's clamav from http:/www.clamav.net. It's in trisquel repo. Look for Clamtk in Trisquel programs, which is a interface for clamav, because clamav is a command line antivirus.
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@spinoza, if you limit yourself to installing things from the default repo - malware is NOT something you have to worry about.
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Actually, there are no such programs for detecting GNU/Linux viruses and other malware. ClamAV detects Windows viruses so that you don't infect Windows systems. Viruses for GNU/Linux systems are a curiosity at best right now, because on most GNU systems the only files they could possibly infect without you typing your password are those in your home directory. As mentioned, you're going to be fine if you stick to the repos. If you don't, you can prevent theoretical serious problems by just not giving any programs downloaded from somewhere outside the repo root privileges unless you've checked or had someone else check the source code. The worst that could happen is your home directory being messed up. But this is just theoretical right now. Nobody bothers writing malware for GNU/Linux systems; it isn't worth the effort. You're far more likely to lose your files to a hard drive failure than you are to lose your files to a trojan horse or virus. Just keep your system up-to-date and you'll be fine.
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Oh avoiding malware is easy, no need for any AV stuff.. Just follow the three step mantra. Don't own a computer, don't turn it on, and whatever you do, don't connect it to the internet.
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(...)because on most GNU systems the only files they could possibly infect without you typing your password are those in your home directory. Well, those are the most important files for the user, aren't they?
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That's what backups are for. The threat of some malicious program is hugely lower than the threat of your hard drive failing, and it's very easy to fix if you have backups: just delete your home folder. Problem solved. With a hard drive failure, you have to buy a new hard drive and install the OS on it all over again. And like I said, it's all theoretical right now anyway. Nobody bothers writing malware for GNU/Linux systems because of a combination of the difficulty of making it effective and GNU/Linux systems not being all that popular on PCs.
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http://trisquel.info/en/forum/careful-ppa Is this just FUD?
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No, not at all. It's absolutely true that you should be careful with external repositories. But there's no need for antivirus software, and there's no reason to be worried by the fact that there is no antivirus software.
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first define malware https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware next, from my point of view, if you take a ppa or a *.deb package that helps you install propietary software such as skype on your trisquel machine it means you have malware. an antivirus is for virii not all malware.
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@andresm while I agree with your definition of malware (ie. including all propritary software). i think the origional poster is probably using malware in the commonly used definition, to include all virus/spyware/etc...
