I secure systems for my day job. That means installing AV software, ensuring Windows Firewall is ON, etc. (Plus many other things…)
I’ve seen discussions around disk encryption here, but I don’t recall much about a malware protection. Maybe a little about personal (desktop) firewalls.
I’m aware of Clam, etc, but is anyone actually using these tools much?
Or are we just presuming we’re all immune from the bad guys targeting Windows?
Scanning for malware is not really that effective and it probably shouldn’t be relied apon. For Linux systems themselves I would look into SElinux as it can tightly control privileges.
Also many features of legitimate software could be considered malware. That includes things like Google analytics and DRM.