Linux is "protected" in that it is very well designed and secure, and any virus written for it will very soon be made obsolete through constant bug fixing. It is not perfectly immune from them, though.
As there are no wild viruses for Linux there is nothing to "take them off."
Linux operating systems are well protected, but not immune to viruses, and can still be afflicted by rootkits and trojans. 'Kaiten' and 'rexob' are the names of two Linux trojans. 'Brundle', 'Nuxbee' and 'VIT' are just three Linux viruses.
A Linux system generally gets the least viruses
There are no wild computer viruses that affect Linux. Oh wait, there was RST.b. If you need to, you can run certain windows viruses under Linux with wine.
So far, no dangerous and globally-spread viruses for Linux emerged. But you should still be careful about facebook apps, since they can send your data somewhere without need to infect your system.
The only product McAfee has for Linux is McAfee LinuxShield. It is intended for large businesses with Linux servers, to prevent Windows viruses from passing through the system.
In simple terms: Linux is an operating system. A virus is a malicious application that infects and attempts to damage or altar system files in a computer/operating system. You can get a virus in Linux, yes, as with any operating system but no Linux itself is not a virus. Just make sure anything you use is from a trusted source.
Most people who write virus's target the windows OS they just don't bother with Linux. Usually anyone who can use Linux wont find any difficulty in removing virus's, so theres no point in sending them a virus.
Windows defender is designed to stop viruses from infecting your windows based system. This software only works with a windows based system it is not for LInux.
The use of a Linux Virtual Machine is to run a copy of Linux on your current operation system. This will allow you to run various applications that only run on Linux.
Yes, Linux applications have significantly less viruses than Windows or Mac's OS. As Linux makes up less than two percent of OS usage, it makes no sense to the creators of viruses to make a virsus for Linux.
Windows, Mac and Linux Solaris but it depends upon the using of Operating system And antivirus.