5 of the best free Linux antivirus software

The safety of Linux is beyond question. Many newcomers to Linux think so, but Linux can also be vulnerable to viruses.

First, Linux is more stable and secure than other operating systems. In theory, Linux could be attacked by a virus. But in practice Linux machines are almost impossible to attack by viruses. The question here is why you should prepare anti-virus software for Linux. To better understand, there are the following reasons:

Reasons for installing anti-virus software on Linux platform:

1. Scan the Windows driver from the Linux platform
2. Scan the Windows workstation over the network
3. Scan incoming and outgoing mail on the Linux server
4. Scan important documents sent to other machines

The following is the best free Linux anti-virus software for you

1. ClamAV antivirus

ClamAV antivirus is the most popular antivirus software on Linux platform. ClamAV is a free and open source product that supports a variety of platforms, such as Linux/Unix, MAC OS X, Windows, OpenVMS. ClamAV is a command line tool based on virus scanning, but there is also a graphical interface supported ClamTK tool. ClamAV is primarily used by mail servers to scan mail. It has multiple interfaces to scan mail from the mail server and supports file formats such as: ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, HTML, DOC, PDF, SIS CHM, RTF, and so on. ClamAV has an automatic database updater and can also be run from a Shared library. The command line interface makes ClamAV run smoothly, so you don't have to run it the way a background process does. When you want to scan, just type in the scan command to specify a file or directory. Click here for more information.

2. Avast   Linux home edition

Avast is one of the best antivirus solutions for your computer. The Avast Linux home edition is free for home or non-commercial use only. An easy-to-use user interface and other features have made Avast popular, as have support for both GUI and the command line. It's easy for all users to use because it has a simple interface (beginner user) and an advanced interface (advanced user). Avast has the following features: automatic update, built-in email scanner, etc. You can find more information from this website.

3, Avria

The other best anti-virus software under Linux is Avria free anti-virus version. Avria provides an extensible configuration that makes it possible to control your computer. It has some very powerful features, such as simple script setup, command line scanner, automatic update (product, engine, VDF), self-integrity program check, and so on. You can find more information about installation and features in the PDF.

4, AVG free version antivirus

More than a billion users now use AVG, which is also a good anti-virus expert on Linux machines, and the free version offers fewer features than the premium version. The AVG does not currently support a graphical interface. Provides anti-virus and anti-spy tools, AVG runs very fast, occupies very few system resources, support the mainstream Linux version such as: Debian, Ubuntu, Red hat, Cent OS, FreeBSD and so on, more information can see its features and download page.

5. F-PROT antivirus

F-PORT is a new antivirus solution for users of Linux. It is free for home users. It has the feature of task scheduling using the cron tool to perform a scan at a specified time. It can also scan USB HDD, Pendrive, CD-ROM, network driver, specified file or directory, boot zone virus scan, image. You can check out the F-PORT features page for more information, which you can download here.

As you can see from the above discussion, each antivirus software has its own features, some support a good graphical interface, some are more suitable for command line scanning, according to these features to choose the most suitable for your own!