Avast antivirus for linux

[Ioannis Vranos]

Joseph wrote:
 > Something bothers me with this....
> 
> I'm told that Linus is, a far as we know, impervious to virus'....   so why is there an anti-virus for an OS which doesn't 
> get sick?


Although the vast majority of viruses are for Windows, there are some
for Linux, mainly affecting unpatched servers like unpatched Apache Web
servers.


There are security updates for Linux applications.