Does Kaspersky run on Linux?

Kaspersky for Linux is a home product, not a business one, and it is covered by the same Standard, Plus and Premium subscriptions that cover your Windows machines. It does malware and ransomware detection, warns you when you click a phishing link, checks removable drives, watches for suspicious behaviour and includes a firewall. You download a Debian or Red Hat package after signing in to your My Kaspersky account.

The supported list is narrow. Kaspersky names Ubuntu 24.04 and above, ALT Linux, RED OS and Uncom. If you are on Ubuntu that is fine, and Linux Mint is built on Ubuntu, but Fedora, openSUSE, Debian itself and the many Arch-based systems are not listed. Check before you count on it.

Worth pausing on the bigger question. Most Linux desktops are run with no antivirus at all, because nearly all home malware is written for Windows and cannot run here, and because software comes from your app store rather than from download sites. If your subscription is already paid for there is no harm in installing it, but few Linux users would go out and buy one.

Whichever way you go, phishing emails, fake login pages and reused passwords work just as well on Linux as they do on Windows. Those attacks go after you rather than the operating system, and a password manager plus a careful look at the web address are the things that actually stop them.