Install AVG Free Anti-Virus For Linux

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition for Linux provides basic antivirus protection and is available for private and non-commercial use only.

You can download the free Linux version from HERE (.Deb, .Rpm, .sh and tar.gz files availoable).

Please note that this version of AVG is command-line so you must use a terminal to use it.

Using AVG Free Anti-Virus for Linux

After installing the packages for your Linux distribution, open a terminal and:

-to start AVG, type the following command:

sudo avgctl --start

-to update the virus definitions:

sudo avgupdate

-scanning is very simple, just use "sudo avgscan <folder to scan>". For example, to scan your home directory:

sudo avgscan ~

For more info, "man" command is your friend. Use:

man avgscan

or

man avgupdate