http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-linux-antivirus-programs/

It's a start. I Googled "Linux antivirus that detects Windows virus" and got a load of usefull links.

brostenen wrote:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-linux-antivirus-programs/

It's a start. I Googled "Linux antivirus that detects Windows virus" and got a load of usefull links.

I remember googling that same page before and some of those I couldn't figure out how to install right. A typical problem with Linux software. (Remember I'm good at the older Windows not Linux) Which ones are the easiest to install and use for the novice Linux user? Thanks.

From the list ClamAV looks like a good choice. Says it's easy to install.

If some of those are already in the depositories for your linux, those are the easiest to install. I have personally never used Zorin linux, but that page that was linked contains easy to use instructions for installing Clam AV on Ubuntu linux, since Zorin is based on that, the instructions should work just as well.

Sorry for the double post, but I just tried playing around with Zorin linux on Virtual box, and it seems that Clam AV is available staight from the software center. Or rather the ClamTk graphical interface, so it should be easier to use.

ClamAV is not worth it. Believe me. Its detection rate for Windows malware is 15%! It only detects 66% of Linux malware. Read all about it:
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2989137/l … ux-malware.html

I actually use ClamAV on a couple of linux servers, but only because it's free and easy to implement. I just don't trust the results very much. 😀

edit: I've also used BitDefender for Unices in the past. It was free (you had to register for a key) but I don't know if it's still free. Just google "bitdefender for unices" and you should be able to find it. That same av-test review I posted above gives BitDefender almost 100% detection rate for Windows malware.

Well yeah, I mostly recommended ClamAV because of it's ease of install, that being said I found a good guide on installing BitDefender.
http://linuxg.net/how-to-install-bitdefender- … mentary-os-0-2/

One note about ClamAV--it's not easy to set up up to scan all files proactively. I have it set up on my servers with a cronjob so it runs every 4 hours on a set of folders. You can also set it up to email you the results. Here's an example of what that would look like:

1----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
2Known viruses: 4639656
3Engine version: 0.98.7
4Scanned directories: 49065
5Scanned files: 166908
6Infected files: 0
7Data scanned: 3827.44 MB
8Data read: 3304.79 MB (ratio 1.16:1)
9Time: 1884.343 sec (31 m 24 s)

edit: same with BitDefender for Unices--it only does manual scans (which you can set up to run in a cronjob). It does not do live scanning like what we're used to on a Windows machine.

Well.... Zorin is based on Ubuntu wich are based on Debian. Have you tried downloading the deb installer?
Perhaps you can find and add the correct deb repository and "apt-get install" it?
Debian based Linux distro's are easier to install software on, compared to installing on Win9x.
(As an example) If you wan't to install Midnight Commander (Norton Commander Clone), you simply
just type the following: apt-get install mc and it will download plus install everything.
If you are not root, then you need to type "sudo" in front of the command.

How's that for ease of use, compared to every windows versions?!! 🤣

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Well.... Zorin is based on Ubuntu wich are based on Debian. Have you tried downloading the deb installer? Perhaps you can find a […]
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Well.... Zorin is based on Ubuntu wich are based on Debian. Have you tried downloading the deb installer?
Perhaps you can find and add the correct deb repository and "apt-get install" it?
Debian based Linux distro's are easier to install software on, compared to installing on Win9x.
(As an example) If you wan't to install Midnight Commander (Norton Commander Clone), you simply
just type the following: apt-get install mc and it will download plus install everything.
If you are not root, then you need to type "sudo" in front of the command.

How's that for ease of use, compared to every windows versions?!! 🤣

If you say so, It still think it's much easier to click on an .exe file in Windows and follow the super easy instructions from there. Boom - done.

I've downloaded various .deb files in the past and could not figure out how to get them working. It's difficult to understand. Linux is not as user friendly as Windows. I suppose I have to research how to install each and every program on Linux. On Windows it was all a piece of cake. I could figure it out when I was 10 years old.

computergeek92 wrote:

I've downloaded various .deb files in the past and could not figure out how to get them working. It's difficult to understand. Linux is not as user friendly as Windows. I suppose I have to research how to install each and every program on Linux. On Windows it was all a piece of cake. I could figure it out when I was 10 years old.

For 99% of programs, you should just download from the distro's repositories. That's usually through Synaptic Package Manager or whatever your distro uses as an app installer. This is safe, as the apps are maintained by a trusted source. It is rare to need to manually install apps. Occasionally, there will either be an app that is not in your repository, or you want a version that is newer than is in the repo. But if you install a package manually, you will have to manually update it usually.

The best thing IMO about installing packages from the built-in repo is that all your apps are automatically updated as they become available. You don't have to go back to the site you downloaded an app from and manually download/install a newer version. It's kind of like Windows Update--but for ALL your apps.

computergeek92 wrote:

brostenen wrote:

Well.... Zorin is based on Ubuntu wich are based on Debian. Have you tried downloading the deb installer? Perhaps you can find a […]
Show full quote

Well.... Zorin is based on Ubuntu wich are based on Debian. Have you tried downloading the deb installer?
Perhaps you can find and add the correct deb repository and "apt-get install" it?
Debian based Linux distro's are easier to install software on, compared to installing on Win9x.
(As an example) If you wan't to install Midnight Commander (Norton Commander Clone), you simply
just type the following: apt-get install mc and it will download plus install everything.
If you are not root, then you need to type "sudo" in front of the command.

How's that for ease of use, compared to every windows versions?!! 🤣

If you say so, It still think it's much easier to click on an .exe file in Windows and follow the super easy instructions from there. Boom - done.

I've downloaded various .deb files in the past and could not figure out how to get them working. It's difficult to understand. Linux is not as user friendly as Windows. I suppose I have to research how to install each and every program on Linux. On Windows it was all a piece of cake. I could figure it out when I was 10 years old.

Well... It depends all on wich eyes that look at it. A Debian based Linux is as easy to work with as anything else, it is just a different way of computing. Just look at it, as a kind of evolved MS-Dos. As I wrote. "sudo apt-get install mc" are super easy to type in, at a command line interface (the console). You only have to answer "y" for yes, and enter. If that is not a bit easier than clicking 5 to 6 buttons and making shure you are not installing some kind of tool-bar and other bloatware. Then I don't know what else to tell you. 😉

Manually installing a deb file, is done by this console command: "dpkg -i mc.deb" and remember "sudo" if you are not logged in as root.

Again... Looking at how you manage operating system's. I Think that Windows are one of those that stick's out.
Unix are more or less the first kind of OS, as we understand OS's today. Actually the first modern OS in history.
Thus making it the "real" or "right" way of using a computer. If you look at it that way. (Though opinions may differ)
Linux, Dos, CP/M, AmigaOS and others from that era, more or less mimmics the way Unix works. (more or less).
It is only systems that came after (Mac-OS, BeOS, Windows and such), that are a whole new way of doing the same.
And then there are the "hybrids", that comes in between. Shell's like Win-1 to 3.11, GeOS, Workbench and other's.

Hope this can help you just a bit, understanding why Linux is Linux. It is after all, a completely different beast than Windows.
And as much as they share some ways of managing stuff, they are in no way the same thing.
It is like sometimes you can use a hammer, when using screws. Some times. Though a screwdriver are is right tool.