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Re: Anti-malware for my personal Debian workstation?



On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 09:47:18AM +0100, l0f4r0@tuta.io wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I understand the pro of having a Linux antivirus on a Linux server, especially a mail or file server.
> However I'm writing to you here for a personal Linux workstation (Debian 10) and I think I have a rather safe higiene on the internet globally already (I'm really careful on what I click on or download or configure).
> 
> Considering the fact I am human so not perfect at all + other notions like defense in depth / layered defense... would you recommend having a Linux anti-malware?

No.

Keep your system up to date. Be reasonably careful with
executable content downloaded off the 'net (javascript,
I'm looking at you, but also pdf, random instructions to
do "curl foo://bar | sudo bash -" or something). Do backups.

Cheers
-- t

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