Antivirus On Linux System
Antivirus on Windows systems seems to be an essential since the beginning of time. Perhaps due to the large adoption of using Windows systems, hence Windows becoming the main target of malware and malicious programs.
Over the years, AV products have indeed evolved and gotten mature, with better products such as EDR/NGAV and all of the other fancy namings and buzzwords.
Most notably, Windows Defender — a free and default AV product that is available on all Windows systems, have gotten so much better now! Gone were the days that you have to install a variety of AV products to test your malware.
What about AV products on Linux systems then?
This video provides a high-level walkthrough of ClamAV — a highly recommended choice for Linux systems — and a little technical bit on how it can be bypassed, just by utilising shellcode.
Pretty interesting? Definitely many room for improvements for AV products running on Linux systems: