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User is a Linux Noob Im not far off that myself. <br />
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Avast bombed with an error - uninstalled / reinstalled - same - forget Avast. <br />
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Whats the easiest AV pref with a GUI for Linux? <br />
<br />
Thanks. <br />
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Also what file to install from options offered ? Im only really used to .exe installs ! <br />
is one extension usually easier than another? <br />
<br />
thanks
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User is a Linux Noob Im not far off that myself.

Avast bombed with an error - uninstalled / reinstalled - same - forget Avast.

Whats the easiest AV pref with a GUI for Linux?

Thanks.

Also what file to install from options offered ? Im only really used to .exe installs !
is one extension usually easier than another?

thanks

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My option is to have an Antivirus on each OS (even a Mac). Nothing is safe! If this is a business network you can also use a Router with Antivirus and Firewall for more Security. But this will only protect from online threats.<br />
<br />
We have a Panda GateDefender.
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My option is to have an Antivirus on each OS (even a Mac). Nothing is safe! If this is a business network you can also use a Router with Antivirus and Firewall for more Security. But this will only protect from online threats.

We have a Panda GateDefender.

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Avast error after update .... <br />
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An error occurred in Avast! engine. &nbsp;Invalid Argument. <br />
<br />
Happened on two PCS with mins. <br />
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Avast be gone ....
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Avast error after update ....

An error occurred in Avast! engine.  Invalid Argument.

Happened on two PCS with mins.

Avast be gone ....

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With MINT I meant. &nbsp;(not mins )
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Is it Necessary ? <br />
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Are There any available ?
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Is it Necessary ? 

Are There any available ?

Linux mint - is an anti virus necessary ?

Anti-virus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software started to provide protection from other computer threats. In particular, modern antivirus software can protect from malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious layered service providers (LSPs), dialers, fraud tools, adware and spyware. Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity theft (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineering techniques, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), botnets and DDoS attacks.

Anti-Virus Apps

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.

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Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge and that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a computer without the consumer's knowledge; it has also come to include programs that engage in various kinds of electronic fraud. Anti-spyware is software that removes or blocks that software; some common vendors include Malwarebytes, McAfee, Spybot-Search and Destroy, Ad-Aware and BitDefender.