03-15-2016, 06:47 PM
Anti Virus is only needed when running windows software with wine or using samba or other shares. There is malware for Linux and it is little growing but with security in mind do not abuse the root password, take care by every action and you are pretty safe. I have running windows software with wine and was using the bitdefender for unices and the detection of malware was all windows garbage so mine opion not needed an AV for Linux.