Editing Linux:Desktop Tips (section)

==== Virus "protection" ====
* '''In general...'''
** There are a lot of discussions ongoing whether it's a good choice to use AV (aka snakeoil) in general and in Linux in particular or not.
:: Links to these discussions:
:: https://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Avast-deaktiviert-gefaehrliche-Komponente-seiner-Antiviren-Software-4681560.html
:: https://www.kuketz-blog.de/antiviren-scanner-mehr-risiko-als-schutz-snakeoil-teil1/
:: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/26/new_windows_defender_vulernability_found_patched/
:: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/antivirus-is-bad/
:: http://fortune.com/2016/06/29/symantec-norton-vulnerability/
:: https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.co.at/2016/06/how-to-compromise-enterprise-endpoint.html
* '''ClamAV'''
** My advice is to use ClamAV if an AV is a 'must-have'
:: Here's how to install ClamAV via the CLI:
:: <pre>$ sudo dnf install clamav clamtk -y</pre>
:: (Of course you can use the software catalog as mentioned in the [[Linux:Desktop_Tips#Applications|Applications]] section below for the installation instead, too.)
:: and here's how to configure it:
<gallery mode="nolines">
File:clamav_main-window.png|ClamTK main window
File:clamav_network-settings.png|ClamTK network settings
</gallery>
: As ClamAV is a on demand scanner you have to configure a schedule (maybe every day or similar)