It is not really

required but you can help stop spreading known viruses around intended for windows users. In linux software repositories everything is free and open source so you won't need a crack files that may contain spyware or harmful codes that can hide from anti-virus software in windows. ClamTk is a graphical program that can be use to scan your files and removes infected files on your linux computer, it's free and you can also update it from server like in windows but in command line, just type “sudo freshclam” and hit enter and it will automatically finds an update to the database of known viruses and malicious files.

You can install ClamTk via sudo yum install clamtk in rpm linux based distro or sudo apt-get install clamtk in linux mint or debian packages from command line. You can also install them via the graphical install through synaptic or other depending on your linux distribution of choice. There are also three steps before starting to use the ClamTk, you will need to edit it's configuration files found in “/etc/freschlam.conf”.

3 lines to edit in freshclam.conf

 

1. Put # in Example so that it would look like #Example.

2. Search the #DNSDatabaseInfo current.cvd.clamav.net and remove the # sign.

3. Search again for #DatabaseMirror db.vn.clamav.net and also remove the # sign.

 

Now you are ready to go and scan those malicous files and help your friends windows computers if ever you exchange files