some basic Linux knowledge is assumed, since every product requires the usage of the Linux terminal at some point. The report is targeted at Linux users, i.e.
#ESET NOD32 ANTIVIRUS REVIEW 2015 INSTALL#
Only if a vendor does not offer a home user version for Linux did we install the business version. We tried to focus on products targeted at home users. The aim of this report is to provide an overview of available antivirus products for Linux systems.
CentOS is a distribution based the commercial Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution, but without the commercial support by Red Hat. We used CentOS to test Trend Micro’s Linux solution, since there are no Ubuntu versions available for their product. Ubuntu is a very popular distribution, with support and management packages available from Canonical, the manufacturer, making it suitable for business use. We mostly used Ubuntu Linux (details below) for our review and test. Researchers observed that Ebury had infected approximately 26,000 Linux servers since May 2013.Īnother reason for using an antimalware program on a Linux computer is to intercept any Windows malware before it can be passed on to a Windows system that it could infect. One of Windigo’s components – Ebury – provided attackers with a backdoor to infected servers and the ability to steal SSH credentials and send spam mails. Linux malware does exist, even if the number of programs is small for example, in March 2014, ZDNet reported the discovery of the cybercrime campaign “Operation Windigo”. In reality, the situation is not so simple.
Linux operating systems are often considered to be immune to malware attacks, which would mean that antivirus software for Linux would be redundant.