How do you check for an infected Ubuntu system?
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Solved by OldTweaker,
The market share of Linux on the desktop is small. The thing is that Linux tends to fix vulnerabilities and its strict separation of what root can do versus what a normal user can do makes it much harder to get malware on a system.
It does make sense to scan, but running permanent scanners on anything that enters a system (like in anti-virus scanners in Windows) is not required.
Scanning options:
- scanning for rootkits (i.e. https://www.chkrootkit.org/ )
- Lynis. This a great tool to verify that you system is properly hardened
I'm not a security expert so there may be more, but these are the ones I like. Especially Lynis, which gets updated quite often
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