Despite not really needing to use an antivirus in Linux, it is not a bad idea to prevent your system from inadvertently becoming a carrier by using one of these AV programs list below. In this article, we’ll examine what each AV program offers and why you would possibly want to bother with an antivirus program on a Linux distro such as Ubuntu.
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J.B.Nicholson-Owens
16 years 21 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago
Only one of the recommended programs
Only one of the recommended programs has a chance at qualifying as free software--Clamtk. The others are unquestionably proprietary.
One wonders what makes people think proprietary security software is worth trusting at all. With non-free software meant to keep one's system running in a way that one can trust, one is essentially saying that the black box OS you have (if you're running a proprietary OS) is untrustworthy by default so it's a good idea to install another black box to keep the first one in line and running properly. I can only guess that this logic seems sensible to people that have never been taught anything about software freedom (which, unfortunately, is most users). Thus the need to teach more people about software freedom and to relish it for its own sake.