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ESET has released version 4 of its award-winning NOD32 antivirus for Linux, but is it really necessary to have antivirus on an operating system known to be safe? |
The interface is quite simple and includes all the functions that we could want in an antivirus, such as real-time protection, statistics of the protection status of our system, control over ports and even protection against multiplatform viruses (It eliminates viruses designed for both Windows , as for Linux)
Its installation and use do not present major problems, since it is designed to always run in the background and work with the greatest possible autonomy, in addition to trying not to affect the general performance of the equipment.
The fact that an antivirus is needed or not depends a lot on the use that is given to the computer and the user experience, since beyond the air of security with which Linux is bathed, we must also remember that it is the same operating system that can be erased with a single command; Just as there is no software without flaws, there is no operating system invulnerable to attacks, and sometimes it is better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.
Although in Linux most of the software is free and freely distributed, there is also proprietary and paid software, in this case each license costs US $ 39.99 per year, although we have a free 30-day trial version available.
Installation
To install NOD32 it is necessary to give execution permissions to the file that we download (Right click> Properties> Permissions> Allow to execute the file as a program), then a double click on the file will take us to the wizard that will guide us through the installation process .
New decorative application for Linux !! hahaha XD
Yes, but it is quite annoying to have to switch between one and the other, since it is also my case even with direct access keys. As you use many programs, you end up making a mess in which one is in one language or another and you end up wasting much more time checking which keyboard layout you are using at that moment. I say it from experience, Spanish keyboard configured as English xD
It seems fine to me if, for example, we have a linux server with a shared folder to windows clients, with the antivirus in linux we could review the viruses in this folder and try not to pass them to windows clients
Hmm, it's always good to know, it would be interesting if it was totally free but… oh nothing :-D, good article!
Hahaha, nothing else is useful to detect and remove viruses from removable memories and scan other hard drives that have vulnerable and diseased windows, in Linux it is not needed because it is much safer and has almost no virus
It is useless for that there are free alternatives like claimav that have nothing to envy to the nod32 also the only virus that I know is multiplatform and famous is bookface but in linux a reset to the pc does not affect it so much and it disappears ^^
of course it works 😀 when making backups of other computers it allows you to debug files 😀… also to scan pen drives and remote folders
I pass for now, although it is good to see that such large companies think of linux users
It does it just to gain market but to see that they launch a free version for linux, windows in my country is supporting an idea of giving free software utilities according to them but the truth is that they are damaged what they offer or they are in pure linux files that is Not everyone installs that if when they come across this users say it is no use better use windos I mean seriously that bad for windows as it feels steps on the roof because personally I say that windows are already going out of style and it is serious Let's see why they opened kinect?
Obviously for Linux it is not necessary. But for those users who use Windows and Linux, it is good not to spread viruses all over their computer, right? The truth is that I have never used an antivirus in Linux, but there is always someone with a lot of free time and does that.
Well, even if a keyboard comes with a keyboard layout in English, we can configure it to write in any language, we just have to get a character layout map, which is easy, to know where the characters we are looking for will be. Even in OO we can insert symbols of all kinds and various, even those of an endangered language such as Spanish - a regrettable but probable fact. Regards.
If we keep putting closed code, without knowing what it does inside the system, we are in the oven, if these companies never supported Gnu / Linux, what is the reason for this sudden interest?, Boys, let's continue with the free or open source applications that there if we know what we load to the Kernel, that they continue to take care of creating viruses and antivirus for W $.
Like this, it is better to have it and not need it, but there are also free solutions like AVG for Linux: http://free.avg.com/mx-es/descargar.prd-alf
like this
It is very useful to disinfect your friends' USB memories, hahaha
You don't think about us, they think about the benefits we can bring them, and if they see that this way they can get a cut, they do it. If the costs outweigh the possible benefits bad. If not we would have enough more ported applications starting with games for example.
Interesting for people who handle sensitive data that also goes through Windows platforms or for specific servers. But if we get out of there, pay to throw away the money ... for that I use those bills to clean myself, for sure the use given is better. Even so, I hope that more proprietary software manufacturers begin to port apps to GNU / Linux, it would make user migration easier. And those who say that GNU / Linux does not need antivirus ... it is simply that users are missing so that among them there are big hands on duty that the brown lien! xD Simply remember that the root account can be a very dangerous double-edged sword, to which is added the fact that although there are no viruses now, there may be them in the future when the SL becomes overcrowded and heavy users.
Windows is not as sick or as vulnerable as GNU / Linux users are cackling (and I include myself since I have done it once xD), what usually happens is a user with a poor knowledge in the matter who sees the PC something similar to a television that works and only knows that, that it works. I think we all agree that GNU / Linux brings more advanced security measures by default and its code by its nature is much more refined, but it cannot be compared with Windows when the market shares are so disparate (the attacks are focused regarding Windows) And regarding Linux being more secure ... Do you think that a root account in the hands of our dear friend the Inepto Manazas could not create very serious problems regarding the system? Different from a virus, yes, but potentially dangerous as well.
First of all, if there is any nonsense, or it seems that there is some rubbish, it is that it costs a lot to order the ideas and translate them in an orderly way in sentences and I may have been wrong to express it xD. That being said ... A system is only as secure depending on what the user knows. And let's face it, most users for some reasons or others do not learn a minimum to avoid problems, which is the main reason that there are big hands. Most of the people who use GNU / Linux have started to know it by reading and taking an interest in their PC, something that is not the usual thing. The link has an extra point at the end that it should not (I say it for those who want to read it) As your article says (if I am not mistaken and it is yours xD) you do not get security in a box wrapped in gift paper, you have to get it. And I know to argue that Linux is more secure just for that, is not exactly the brightest idea, except if you want to charge for all sides, sorry if I gave the opposite impression but it was not the intention to reduce it to that. Although, although it is true that on the one hand it brings many security measures (as I mentioned a few posts below), if the user does not know them and does not know how to use the tools available, we are wrong and hence the viruses are a big problem in Windows unlike in GNU / Linux in which it brings much more secure elements by default, and forces you to learn them. If a user does not know or does not want to pay attention to not having to download and execute everything that one catches, he will do it the same in Windows as in GNU / Linux, and the steps to do it will vary. And to avoid most problems, you start by educating yourself on the corresponding subject, even if it is as little as convincing a user to use a browser other than IE, since this is how they are taught that not everything is as it is said to be and that with a little time invested they can obtain many advantages. A friend convinced him to switch to Firefox and he was very reluctant about it. He has been amazed at the improvements that there were with respect to the above and I have shown him that doing things differently is better. You will be more predisposed and interested in asking for advice, learning and changing how to do things. And based on this I can begin to teach him to avoid making mistakes. I am not saying that he skips to install a distro on his netbook, but at least to perform certain best practices with respect to Windows AND make him transmit them to people close to him. Antiviruses will continue to be necessary, whether in Windows, GNU / Linux or other OSs, as long as users know or not how to use the tools at their disposal since not all the security measures are enough for someone to open a direct path through ignorance.
Look what it can cost me to explain myself sometimes xD And simply most of the information is always interesting, to learn there is always time and there is no time in our life for it (as long as it is not knowing things like who you go out with « famous »so and so or the alignment of the soccer teams better than the multiplication tables; D) And I don't know what you will have, which is the first blog that I follow and comment for a period of more than 1 month xD Salu2!
Although it seems silly to me, it is always good for companies to release native software for Linux.
Even if you don't use it, it's interesting to know that these types of options are appearing. Motivated by the news, I started looking in the software center and found the Nautilus-clamscan, to right-click, what a tulle. Ah, a comment, unless we do not have a keyboard in Spanish I think it is worth keeping all the signs of our language, such as the opening of the sentence, ¡¿. Cheers,
In fact my keyboard, operating system, etc ... is in English, so I have to rely on the browser's spell checker for accents; I only know the Unicode for the "ñ" (U + 00F1), but if you could give me the values for the opening sentence signs it would be of great help.