Do I need to have antivirus software installed on a Linux distro?
- by Vinaychalluru
I thought that there was no need to scan for viruses in Ubuntu or any Linux distros until I found a virus scanner package named 'clamtk' and 'klamav' in Ubuntu software center yesterday.
This leads to the following questions:
How do viruses differ between Linux and Windows?
How do the strategies for protection differ between Linux and Windows?
Should a virus scanner package be installed on my system? If so, which would be a better option?