Is clamav still regarded as the best virus scanning software on Linux?

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    Agent-less vulnerability scanner for Linux, FreeBSD, Container, WordPress, Programming language libraries, Network devices

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    Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional.

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  • tenacity-flatpak-nightly

    Nightly Flatpak builds of Tenacity

  • Also, as mentioned before, flatpaks generally are safer than untrusted repositories, as flatpaks are usually made directly by the project maintainers, and because you have some ability to sandbox running flatpaks from the rest of your system. Try this: https://github.com/tenacityteam/tenacity-flatpak-nightly

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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