The ClamAV virus scanner is very useful for scanning files for malicious code. This is good if you download files from the Internet that are going to be used on a Windows computer. This is very easy to install.
┌─[jason@jason-desktop]─[~/Downloads/Dark Path/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Dark Path] └──╼ $sudo apt install clamav |
Then run the clamscan command to scan files in a folder for malicious content.
┌─[jason@jason-desktop]─[~/Downloads/Dark Path/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Dark Path] └──╼ $clamscan /home/jason/Downloads/Dark Path/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Dark Path/msvcr120.dll: OK /home/jason/Downloads/Dark Path/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Dark Path/discord-rpc.dll: OK /home/jason/Downloads/Dark Path/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Dark Path/Launch.bat: OK /home/jason/Downloads/Dark Path/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Dark Path/LaunchMixed.bat: OK /home/jason/Downloads/Dark Path/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Dark Path/LastSave.bat: OK /home/jason/Downloads/Dark Path/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Dark Path/engine.log: OK /home/jason/Downloads/Dark Path/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Dark Path/Dark Path Launcher.exe: OK /home/jason/Downloads/Dark Path/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Dark Path/menu.ini: OK ----------- SCAN SUMMARY ----------- Known viruses: 8912442 Engine version: 0.102.4 Scanned directories: 1 Scanned files: 8 Infected files: 0 Data scanned: 2.12 MB Data read: 2.04 MB (ratio 1.04:1) Time: 21.916 sec (0 m 21 s) |
Use the clamscan -r command to search a directory recursively.
This is a fast and very good virus scanner that would help protect Windows machines from malware, you can download suspicious files on the Ubuntu machine first, scan them, and then move them to the Windows computer after you have ascertained that they are safe from viruses. It is also possible to install Windows Defender on Ubuntu. This is not a joke, this would also provide good virus and malware protection.
https://securitronlinux.com/debian-testing/microsoft-windows-defender-available-for-linux/.
But which you install is up to you.