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Is clamav a good antivirus? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by maxihuenu@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I was reading on the web that clamav is not an "endpoint antivirus solution" but at the same time its called the best antivirus for gnu/linux and gnu/linux servers. Is worth for a desktop/personal computer?

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[–] throwaway403@programming.dev 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

in general: for my personal daily use pc. I download 🏴‍☠️ files and software for websites around the internet, so it would be nice have an antivirus

Aight. Understood. Thank you for the clarification!

So..., now it becomes a question of how ~~paranoid~~ security-sensitive you are 😅. I suppose relying on a distro with pretty decent security defaults (like e.g. Fedora or openSUSE) makes sense for a start. Furthermore, definitely commit to best practices^[A lot can be said on this, but it would dominate this text if I'd try to touch on it.]. As for the scanning part, other comments have already touched on that.

If the PC you're doing this contains sensitive information OR you're not satisfied with the provided "probably good enough" solution, then consider going "the extra mile". Which would involve the use of specialized OSes, relying on VMs and whatnot. But I digress...

in specific: i want to self host services in my home server, so i want it to be secure and protected

Unfortunately, I'm not confident talking on servers specifically. It's simply not something I've put serious thoughts to yet. I hope someone else will touch on that 😉.

[–] liberatedGuy@lemmy.ml 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I do my shady stuff inside a VM. How safe is that?

[–] throwaway403@programming.dev 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That depends.

If this is a Linux guest on a Linux host and both are just your average distros, then it's fine~ish. It's not 100% safe as some malware is able to escape a VM, see this for a recent example of this.

Doing your shady stuff within a disposable air-gapped^[In this context, I just mean it has only had the least amount of possible privileges/capabilities during its lifetime.] VM on a RISC-V powered Sculpt OS host should be pretty safe, though.

[–] liberatedGuy@lemmy.ml 2 points 19 hours ago

Thanks for the info and the link.