Is it necessary to use an antivirus for a linux distro?

>>55704745
No
Neither on any system really.

you just need to install gentoo

>>55704769
lies

you need it on winbots

>>55704913
No, you do not.

>>55704928
yes you do.

>friend is a retard and gets his pc infected
>virus sends you an email using his address saying hey, "hey, can you look at this pdf and tell me if you like the layout? I put it in a .RAR archive because else it wouldn't fit as an attachment"
>you open RAR
>you dun goofed

>>55704962
>>you open RAR
>>you dun goofed
This is not how it works anon.

>>55704962
>inb4: "hurr i always call my friends on their phone when i receive an attachment to double check that it is them and not the NSA trying to bust my lolicon collection"

what is this thread

if it makes you feel better just download clamAV and use that. but you dont really need it

>>55704745
You really shouldn't be using linux if you feel the need to ask this question.