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Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 12, 2024

13 Best Free and Open Source Anti-Malware Tools - LinuxLinks

Intruders use a variety of different techniques in an attempt to compromise a system. For example, systems can be attacked by denial of service, cracking, intrusion, snooping (intercepting the data of another user), or viruses/worms/Trojan horses. To have a secure box, a system therefore needs a variety of defences.

Anti-malware is a computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware. The most common types of malware include viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, bots or botnets, adware, spyware, rootkits, fileless malware, and malvertising.

This article focuses on the best anti-malware tools for Linux. We only include free and open source software.

Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks chart.

Echo - ping websites - LinuxLinks

Echo is a simple GUI utility to ping websites using GTK4 and Libadwaita.

This is free and open source software.