App Review Alternative for an Antivirus

[mediator_ram]

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I have heard that using Linus OS doesn't require any antivirus packs. So there are any alternate ways to get rid of virus intrusion without any antivirus packages?

 

[shmu26]

Some advanced users who don't like antivirus use a default-deny solution instead.
I want to emphasize that this is not recommended -- you should run an AV also -- but some people just don't like AV, so they replace it with solutions such as CruelComodo, VoodooShield, AppGuard, and other solutions.
Don't get me wrong. I am not recommending any of the above-mentioned solutions. I am just talking about what some people do.

 

[TairikuOkami]

I have heard that using Linus OS doesn't require any antivirus packs.

6 Best Free Antivirus For Linux 2021

Even Linux being the safest OS needs an Antivirus software to ensure the protection of your system, so check out the list of best free antivirus for Linux.

blogs.systweak.com

 

[shmu26]

6 Best Free Antivirus For Linux 2021

Even Linux being the safest OS needs an Antivirus software to ensure the protection of your system, so check out the list of best free antivirus for Linux.

blogs.systweak.com

Yeah, but AV for linux isn't real-time protection. It's just to scan your system when you think you might have installed something goofy.

 

[Moonhorse]

Still most antivirus solutions do offer anti-phishing, so some extensions if not antivirus would be worth having still

I guess firefox is installed by default on most os:s?

 

[Threadripper]

On Linux there's only a few things you can do:

DNS like Quad9, AdGuard, etc.
Firewall (lots of distros come with UFW) on allow outgoing and deny incoming.
Browser extension to specifically combat phishing if that's a concern of yours.
Updates, updates, updates; the easiest thing ever on Linux, and no restart needed*

Any "antivirus" on Linux is just going to stop you infecting Windows users, useless.

*unless it's a kernel update.