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There are few Linux viruses, so you probably don’t need anti-virus software.
Fran Dieguez
frandieguez@gnome.org 2011-2017.

# Preciso un software antivirus?

Se está usando Windows ou Mac OS, probabelmente estea executando un software anti-virus todo o tempo. Os antivirus execútanse en segundo plano, comprobando constantemente se o computador está executando virus que poidan atopar a súa forma de entrar no seu computador e causar problemas.

Anti-virus software does exist for Linux, but you probably don’t need to use it. Viruses that affect Linux are still very rare. Some argue that this is because Linux is not as widely used as other operating systems, so no one writes viruses for it. Others argue that Linux is intrinsically more secure, and security problems that viruses could make use of are fixed very quickly.

Whatever the reason, Linux viruses are so rare that you don’t really need to worry about them at the moment.

Se quere asegurarse na seguranza, ou se quere comprobar se ten virus nos ficheiros que están pasando entre vostede e as persoas usando Windows e Mac OS, pode instalar un software antivirus. Busque no instalador de software ou en liña, existen uns cantos aplicativos dispoñíbeis.