Kaspersky Brings Its Anti-Virus Software To Linux For Home Users

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Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab announced that it’s bringing its flagship Kaspersky anti-virus software for home users over to Linux. Kaspersky software was previously available for Linux just for business/enterprise deployments.

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Kaspersky for home users provides AI-powered anti-virus, anti-phising protections, online payment protections, and other stated features.

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Their Linux operating system requirements amount to:

“Kaspersky for Linux supports major 64-bit Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, ALT Linux, Uncom, and RED OS.”

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Besides the difficulties from various governments, Kaspersky also notes their Linux software is not yet GDPR compliant as another potential complication.

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Anyone guaranteeing 100% protection is lying to you. They are going to be 100% spying on your computer (I can all but prove it).

This is going to be a no from me. And I would not encourage anyone to use it either. We don’t want Linux desktop bloat.

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“Not yet GDPR compliant” yeah a lot of AV software is a privacy nightmare. I would definitely steer clear.

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RED OS is an independently-developed Russian Linux distribution for workstations and servers. It uses the RPM and DNG tools for package management.

First time hearing about this distro. I at first thought they meant Red Star OS

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This service is not necessary if you have an advanced router with built-in antivirus.

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I could imagine why they’d do this but I doubt it’ll be very successful considering Linux users tend to be very conscious of their privacy. That being said, there currently isn’t a decent antivirus option for Linux. ClamAV doesn’t perform very well and all of its GUIs have been discontinued. Most proprietary competitors have also either discontinued their Linux products or completely switched to enterprise solutions.

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There is a larger problem I feel with AVs in general. All of them are too invasive on the OS to really be worth the tiny portion of benefit they may provide (if that). The opportunity cost is not worth it if you ask me.

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Yeah there’s a lot to be said about them. Perhaps with the exception of ClamAV, I believe virtually all of them present a privacy risk. In addition to that, much of their methodology is flawed and they can create new security risks as well. I think they can still be somewhat useful in the current day, I just hope they’re eventually made obsolete.