Post #3821685

2026-07-15 00:38 UTC

Thank you for your very thorough response. There are certain parts I will need to learn more about. I know some may think I am overthinking, I am just trying to keep as safe as possible and I recognise everything is a game of chance. Just trying to make it so the chances of becoming infected are less likely. Any thoughts on linux AV? Something to have just to do a sweep once in a while. I’m thinking why not if it is available?

Replies (1)

@helix@feddit.org 2026-07-23 05:19

I have been meaning to answer for days now. I don’t have time for a longer answer right now so I’ll keep it short. Linux AV is basically useless if you sandbox stuff and only use trusted sources like your package manager. Keep away from user generated repositories, read the news of your distribution. You can scan your system from time to time with ClamAV if you’re paranoid, but no need to enable the background agent/daemon. Funnily enough I sometimes found viruses on my systems with this, but it’s always Windows viruses 😹 The recent attacks on Linux always focused on AUR, COPR and similar user repositories first. Do updates frequently and timely. Maybe read security bulletins like from heise.de or theregister.com, but focus on tailoring their feeds to the stuff you actually use. Maybe enable auto updates if you’re on a stable distribution like Debian or an immutable one like Bazzite. Oh and don’t use Linux Mint as they hold back security updates or Manjaro as their quality control keeps lacking.

Open ##4027793