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There are none. ClamAV is the only one there is, because it has a very specific and narrow purpose. There are no viruses for Linux.

Chrootkit and rkhunter are also built for very specific things (detecting rootkits - or making them) and are not designed to protect, they are designed to analyse.

My writing here also isn’t specifically to OP, but to all others that may find this thread - Anti Virus for Linux is BS and unless you are running SMB and still have lots of Windows in your network, it’s absolutely not needed, especially if you follow the basics (like not doing stuff as root, using sudo and not giving out any system rights).

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Kangie@lemmy.srcfiles.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

There are no viruses for Linux.

Blatant lies.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware

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- nexusband@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  …some Linux machines definitely need anti-virus software. Samba or NFS servers, for instance, may store documents in undocumented, vulnerable Microsoft formats, such as Word and Excel, that contain and propagate viruses. Linux mail servers should run AV software in order to neutralize viruses before they show up in the mailboxes of Outlook and Outlook Express users.[
  
  Which is exactly what I said. ClamAV serves a very specific purpose and that’s this one.
  
  There are still no viruses for Linux specifically designed to break in to Linux, because it’s not possible.
  
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  - Kangie@lemmy.srcfiles.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    There are still no viruses for Linux … because it’s not possible.
    
    Here is just one example that proves your assertion wrong.
    
    www.f-secure.com/v-descs/slapper.shtml
    
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    mathemachristian@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    So if I’m reading this correct the vulnerability was patched before the worm got programmed and it peaked at 2000 machines infected when it targeted apache servers running openssl, which back in 2002 was basically any encrypted website.
    
    Don’t know how an AV would have helped there.
    
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    nexusband@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    Apache and OpenSSL must be enabled and OpenSSL version must be 0.96d or older.
    
    Right. Completely proven wrong.
    
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  - peter@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Mirai and other botnets, coin miners, ransomware… Do you think that malware makers just decided to ignore the billions of Linux servers and IoT devices that exist?
    
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    Zeth0s@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I agree with you, but, it is also true that the overwhelming majority of ransomware affect windows statista.com/…/major-operating-systems-targeted-b…
    
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