avast: can not initialize avast! engine: Invalid argument

I was unable to use my Avast AV on Linux, so I stumbled here due to the similar error message.

The solution as given in the blog;

sysctl -w kernel.shmmax=100000000

It works for me! 

Windows malware detection on Linux host

My favoriate workstation is Linux, but I need to analyze Windows malware.
The are several options such as listed here

On Ubuntu for example, we can simply type

"sudo apt-get install clamav"

F-prot also provides a free Linux host antivirus to analyze Windows malware here