[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 ?

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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

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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

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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...