clamav VS OSSEC

My recommendation would be to use ClamAV an open source antivirus engine. It is a versatile tool designed to detect multiple types of threats from numerous file formats and other use cases (cross-platform, integration such as mail server). Finally, it is updated on a daily basis, ensuring protection against the latest known threats. This rapid update cycle is crucial for an antivirus tool to be effective.

Linux has (free) tools to improve security and detect/remove malware: Lynis,Chkrootkit,Rkhunter,ClamAV,Vuls,LMD,radare2,Yara,ntopng,maltrail,Snort,Suricata...

There's clamAV which is open source: https://www.clamav.net/

For personal use, the most commonly used is ClamAV.

Absolutely but if the OP feels they must then they should look into the free ClamAV.

I'd go with what Bman said but second to that ClamAV is a good free option.

Ehhh, there is antivirus software for Linux, like ClamAV. Also a lot of exploits these days target browsers since its an easier attack vector. Also, malware is malware, and most servers use Linux by default. So any malware that's targeting a Linux server could target a desktop user. I don't like the whole "Haha, malware doesn't affect me because everyone targets windows". Sure, those "download now!" buttons that are targeted to gullible windows users might not work on your operating system however your OS is still vulnerable and can still be exploited by malware.

Does the ossec system (www.ossec.net) not use ClamWin?

OSSEC: https://www.ossec.net/ HIDS

Hi there, as per title i am trying to use this script: https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/blob/master/active-response/cloudflare-ban.sh

OSSEC is good for monitoring logs, system files, etc. as well as alerting (and blocking traffic if you want) when anything suspicious happens

Takes a bit of work to set up but is worth it and includes lots of basic checks by default

https://www.ossec.net/

It's been a long time since I tried using OSSEC but maybe that would help. It's a Host-based IDS, rather than a network based IDS like Snort. Last time I checked you could point it towards your logs and it will parse them offline similar to how Snort can read a PCAP file.

Not sure if it could be considered one but maybe OSSEC Host Intrusion Detection System might get you some.of the way can be found here

WAZUH (fork of OSSEC would be my first choice when it comes to Linux based HIDS (host based), and Snort or Suricata if you are looking for NIDS (network based). As well as Lynis for ensuring the setup of the host is as you intended.