So Kaspersky are starting to make Linux viruses then?
malware for linux system exists. maybe you're just ignorant of it.
Kaspersky itself is malware.
Ever heard of Microsoft?
How is Microsoft related to a tool to scan Linux for malware?
Microsoft is a Malware itself.
Ok cool..
Apples grow on trees.
It's a fact.
That does not oppose Kaspersky being malware in any way ... so what's the point of noting Microsoft?
So much whoooosh
Yes, and they have similar issues
10-foot pole ---------------- Kaspersky
Does it find itself?
It just removes itself along with Nvidia, Realtek and Broadcom
Support ClamAV instead of this trash
It isn't terribly good
Yay, let's install Spyware on our Linux computers 👌
Does it scan for Kaspersky?
This is very cool! Is it FOSS though? Kaspersky is doing good stuff, but I Antivirus is also problematic, and has like all the privileges you can get
No thanks
I HIGHLY doubt that they would detect the XZ backdoor
Even if it did, what would you do? rm -rf /?
XZ is part of the core system
Why? It's not hard. They typically hash files and look for hits against a database of known vulnerabilities.
Yes and if viruses use something like base64 encoding or other methods, the hashes dont match anymore.
As far as I understood it, it is pretty easy to make your virus permanently un-hashable by just always changing some bits
First is it open source, and why do they made a such tool? 😂
So they have made a Linux antivirus?
ClamAV is the OG
AFAIK, clamAV hunts Window viruses, not Linux malware. The linux equivalent I know of is rkhunter.
There are plenty if Linux end point protection tools. However, I think the best protection is security patching.
For personal use I don't think there is any good malware detection tools. I think you just need to harden your browser and not install random packages from online. Best if you stick with distro repos only.
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