Why antivirus is required for Windows but not for any smartphones and linux

Rishikesh

Even though I'm from team windows but I don't use any antivirus because it is taking much of the processor .why android phones or linux distribution doesn't require any antivirus application?

Sudhakar

Rishikesh
Windows requires an antivirus because many hackers target the platform which has many users, Windows have many users so they write malwares for Windows. Linux virus do exists but not like the windows virus that exists in many areas. Android is also built using Linux so android is also a kind of Linux distro. So the point is Linux virus also exists but we don't require any antivirus because the probability is very less for someone to wrote malware for Linux.

Hacker_Tamizhan

appidilaam illa bro ellathukkum anti-virus undu and ellathulaiyum virus aerum
most of them using windows and smartphone
So the hackers targeted windows

windows la oru photo la kuda payload set panni annupulaam
so atha kaapathanumnu thaan antivirus athukku neraya create pandraanga but athu ellam dummy
smart phone kochom secure ethavathu app install panna mattum thaan hack panna mudiyum like RAT
maari

linux aiym hack panna mudiyum metasploit la linux nu search pannunga script kiddies poi solli hack pannalaam

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So , for all operating system can attacked by virus (including mac also )
most of them using window so the hackers try to attack them ,the security annalyst creating antivirus for them

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jagadeesan_muthuvel

Hi,
yes, we have installed antivirus and endpoint security agents in non-windows operating system as well(mac, linux).Since they also been vulnerable to lot of exploits.