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Yeach i ultimately instaled calmav/clamtk and it did not found anything on my already downloaded files so thats good(alghtough the from end is a bit laggy). Alghtough im a bit suprised about Linux community hostility to anitviruses. As far as i am concerned doing sketchy stuff on pc is a fairly regular occurence, especialy if you are a power user(And most Linux users are in this category) , so added protection wont harm anyone especialy since Linux as far as i know dosent have the equivalent of Microsoft Defender by deafult . Obviusly likelyhood of someone even making a virus for Linux is low but it is there