Does a linpus asus need a virus scanner and spyware detector

Hello

As you all can guess, i'm new to linux and come from an windows background. What I was wondering is do I need a virus checker on the computer and all the firewalls and spyware/malware dectors that I run on a windows machine?

Thanks for the advice and sorry if its a stupid question.

 

The general consensus is "no." See: http://www.techthrob.com/2009/03/02/do-i-need-an-antivirus-program-on-linux/ The main reason for running antivirus software on a Linux desktop machine appears to be to reduce the transmission of Windows viruses via e-mail.

 

Thank you for the advice.