Simple: Can I install Avast (for Windows) under Linux?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I need to scan items when running Linux Mint so I know they’re clean before moving items to a Windows pc. You can’t normally install Avast on a Mint machine, can you? Again: don’t care about ClamAV, run using WINE, or any other complication. Just want an AV I trust to run “in” Linux so I can move files/downloads to Windows. Only other solution I can think of is to run the Windows pc via Safe Mode and scan files on that machine.

Thank you,

Mac

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You can’t run Avast “into” Linux and I suppose Vine won’t help here…
Easy way (and also safe): copy the files to an USB drive and move to Windows with Avast running and fully updated.
Long way: create a Rescue CD (or USB) from Avast in Windows, boot from it and scan the files that you have copied to another USB drive.

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There is a avast version for Linux.
Why not get and use that?

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???

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Lisandro, the OP said :

I need to scan items when running Linux
Logic says that the OP needs to run a scanner that is working on Linux. ;)
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Avast does not have a version for Linux workstations…