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On my linux machines, I run a virus scanner . . .
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 14 2025, @09:29AM
Yeah at least Windows has AV and other controls ( https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5148024/pleas-help-i-have-to-manually-unblock-files-that-i [microsoft.com] ). So even if a user downloads some malware AND tries to run it, there's a chance that it won't get to run. Heck there have been many many users who would download encrypted malware in an email attachment, enter the password from the email to decrypt the malware, and then run the malware. AND if the malware runs, it's still considered partially a Windows problem, not a 100% user error problem.
In contrast for most Linux installs, if the user downloads some malware and tries to run it, there's a higher chance of it running... The malware might even have a higher chance of running successfully than some binary from a different distro[1]... 🤣
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/1gdmuyy/do_linuxbased_software_products_have_to_have/ [reddit.com]
https://jangafx.com/insights/linux-binary-compatibility [jangafx.com]
https://blog.hiler.eu/win32-the-only-stable-abi/ [hiler.eu]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzl1B7nB9Kc [youtube.com]