I have been computer free for probably 15ish years until I recently bought and set up a RPi4 with Linux. It’s been fun but I’m not really a super user so I’m looking to back to Windows as my main OS.

  1. is antivirus a necessity? I will be gaming and streaming on my new setup.

If yes then

  1. what are some ideal options? Paid or free.

Thanks for your responses in advance.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍English
    5•9 months ago

    Linux virus are uncommon but they exist. If you’re worried about it, ClamAV is free and you can just run a scan from time to time.

    • @AlijahTheMediocre
      2•9 months ago

      Is there any real world testing of Clam’s antivirus performance?

      • 👍Maximum Derek👍English
        6•9 months ago

        Yes. It was done most recently in 2022

        In that same study, ClamAV performed relatively well at detecting certain types of malware in certain types of files (E.g. docx files, dil files, elf files, doc files and exe files), but was less effective in detecting malware in jar files, js files, vbs files, z files, rar files, and xlsb files. In addition, ClamAV performed well to detect a few top level categories of malware like Trojans & Botnets but performed poorly on other malware types like Crypto Miners, RATs and Info Stealers.