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That is not a crazy idea at all. I'd feel a lot safer if I could run some detection on my personal Downloads folder, and on my apt feeds.

The problem is, Linux antivirus does not really exist.

Granted, there is some software that will scan your files for known signatures - but those signatures are for Win/Mac malware, which solves a completely different problem.

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Its a bit of chicken-egg problem: "nobody" is buying Linux AV so AV companies are not building extensive databases for Linux, which leads to them being even more useless than their Windows brethren and less desirable to buy.

> The problem is, Linux antivirus does not really exist.

That's true unfortunately. AV vendors have server solutions (i.e. without UI) for Linux but those scan mostly for Windows/MS Office malware.

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