It doesn't really NEED a BitDefender equivalent though. They are available, though primarily tailored towards enterprise use... Avast and ThreatDown (formerly Malwarebytes) have tools available as well as open source options like ClamAV, but they are not necessary for most users. Not only because there isn't much malware out there that runs on Linux (yet) but also because of core differences in the OS. Firstly, in Windows, you are effectively the equivalent of a Unix root user by default. Linux requires switching to root, either directly or via Sudo, in order to gain access to sensistive parts of the system. Windows at most will give a UAC prompt that doesn't even require the user to enter credentials before running programs with the highest system privileges unless you go iWn and configure a non-admin account to use first. There is also the fundemental difference in the primary way most Windows software and most Linux software is distributed. Windows users typically grab programs from anywhere on the internet and install them. Linux distros have closed software repositories that contain 99% of the software you could ever hope to run on Linux.. only users who really know what their doing will know how to add third party repos anyway. Obviously .deb or .rpm files can be easily downloaded via browser and Windows has the Microsoft store, but I think it's fair to say that isn't the way most software is installed on either platform at this point in time. SELinux is also much tighter than Windows on what permissions background processes/daemons are allowed to run with, etc.
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