Free Antivirus for Linux Desktop available for download

Posted by Vivek Gite [Last updated: January 10, 2006]

To be frank there is no serious viruses found so far for Linux. The main reason is Linux is quite secure as compare to Windows. Also, viruses cannot cause any serious damage if they are not activated by root.
However if you are using any one of the following program then consider getting a good virus scanner:

Windows via Samba
Email server
Linux as a router
Windows application via wine or CodeWeavers office etc

Not to worry, Grisoft expands its award-winning product line with AVG Free for Linux - a free version of its advanced anti-virus tool designed specifically for home use on the Linux desktop. So now, home users of Linux OS can join millions of satisfied customers in enjoying the benefits of AVG Anti-Virus protection!
AVG Free for Linux is the first commercial-grade anti-virus product developed for free home use, providing maximum anti-virus protection for Linux computers.

Get Linux antivirus download from grisoft website. Please note that it only works with Red hat and Suse. For mail server I still like a Mail Virus Scanner program.

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Discussion on This Article:

Anonymous Says: January 11th, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Note, though, that, contrary to the statement in the manual (p 38), no technical support is available. Further, the manual seems to be an incompetently edited version of the manual for another product.

When I ran a scan with the program, it showed that the executable of my existing antivirus program was infected with a virus. However, that virus didn’t appear in Grisoft’s virus encyclopaedia nor does there seem to exist any method of deleting in the program any file said to be infected.

All in all, I rate it as a shoddy piece of work.
mohamed Says: September 6th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
thank you
Sandy Says: September 13th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
well I found a video that explains the best anti virus solution and seems its really true!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/816706/anti_virus_protection/
prabhakar Says: October 1st, 2007 at 6:37 pm
i need fedora 5 antivirus softwares
elton Says: January 9th, 2008 at 4:00 am
great work