how to be secure for idiots?

a month ago by lemmingsareawesome to c/linux

linux isnt immune to viruses even though its not as bad as windows

what should i do to be safe if i have a safe browser, vm, but pirate and download risky things? i know its a vm but i still dont want to have to delete everything in the vm if something happens. also the malware doesnt go to the router and spread rigt????

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Sapphy -7 points a month ago

You can just use a VM and an antivirus on Windows. Linux isn't really necessary for your scenario

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Sapphy 3 points a month ago

It's best to start using different OSs for different things assuming that no single OS is truly safe

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libewa 4 points a month ago

Yeah but we don't want to use Microslop!

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Sapphy 3 points a month ago

OP is the kind of user who used Tails on his own computer to log into his Gmail account. He has grammar issues and thinks Linux is this hacker OS that makes you anonymous and impossible to hack

Let’s be real, do you think this is the best thing for OP who is presumably a child?

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oopsgodisdeadmybad 2 points a month ago

Well you can just some windows is always unsafe.

I'd argue it's literally the worst virus, tbh. It's terrible at literally EVERYTHING, annnnd (for activated versions that didn't come with your hardware) costs money.

And after all that, you still gotta deal with the Windows virus itself.

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Sapphy 1 point a month ago

Windows is always unsafe.

That is exactly the point. You want to create a psychological boundary, you treat it as a disposable system so you never put any valuable data on it in the first place

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