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Hello do I really need anti-virus/anti-maleware protection on my Ubuntu machine? I only use rkhunter and chkrootkit for rootkit checks but I want to be sure if I need more protection. Thanks!

George
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    Please use the search. This topic has been beaten to death, resurrected, and beaten to death again. Over and over again. Answer: no, unless you want to scan for virusses before sending a file over to a windows system in your network. Even rkhunter and chrootkit are useless: 99.999999999999% of what they consider an infected file is bogus. – Rinzwind Apr 16 '17 at 19:28
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    Official stance: https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/net-antivirus.html Dupe: https://askubuntu.com/questions/10373/do-i-need-to-have-antivirus-software-installed and https://askubuntu.com/questions/801514/what-antivirus-program-can-i-use-on-ubuntu – Rinzwind Apr 16 '17 at 19:30

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