For those who are wondering, yes, Wine is malware compatible so be careful about the EXEs you run!
“Well no problem, they can’t run without root privileges!” -/home left the game
Reminds me https://xkcd.com/1200
You really don’t think Linux has viruses? I’m confused by this post. Is it an excuse to shit on wine and windows?
They’re super rare. I’ve not gotten one once in decades, whereas I’ve encountered countless viruses on Windows. Linux is more secure, but also it’s just a smaller target. Best way to avoid viruses is to use an OS nobody else wants to use *taps head
I think you have a false sense of security with regards to Linux vulnerabilities and exploitations. There are dozen of known exploits throughout the Linux ecosystem that are publicly disclosed frequently.
What makes you think Linux is more secure than windows? I’m not trying to start an argument here I’m just curious.
I find the Linux ecosystem has far better updating mechanisms than Windows and it doesn’t have as much backwards compatibility cruft as Windows. That and the open source nature I think is better at having exploits uncovered. I’m not saying Linux is perfectly secure, but that it’s more secure than Windows. But I think the biggest reason it’s less likely to get viruses is just that it’s a smaller target and that hackers aren’t spending as much time trying to attack it, plus the users are more tech savvy meaning any attacks will be less lucrative.
how could it be though? a malware written for windows isn’t the same as one written for linux, even if it got out to your computer it shouldn’t be able to do really anything since it can’t orient itself around an operating system it wasn’t written for
This happened to me not long ago when I found a monero miner running on my laptop. Being a highly technical person, I feel unbounded shame.
How did you figure out it was running? How did you confirm? Teach me your methods
Please
I didn’t know malware compatible was a term, oh it’s wonderful! I’m gonna use it on people in real life hehe
