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On my linux machines, I run a virus scanner . . .
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-- William Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost"
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 21, @08:40AM (1 child)
Those famous permissions structures. Here is a diagram for 99% of Linux setups: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/authorization.png [xkcd.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 14, @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]
(Score: 4, Interesting) by bart9h on Wednesday October 22, @12:10PM (6 children)
I truthfully voted "never", but should I change to "only when I want to manually check files"?
Would it be relevant to scan with ClamAV an eventual closed source binary I download (mostly Windows games to be used with Wine)?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday October 22, @10:07PM
I have been running various flavors of Linux on our home computers for 20+ years, never had a virus checker, never regretted not running one.
For work, we have the "clamscan" solution worked out for our Linux based products. Only thing clamscan ever found there were viruses in a Windows partition.
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23, @04:13AM (4 children)
Think of it this way: you hope WINE provides enough compatibility to run the games you purposefully execute. But what is the result if it also provides enough compatibility to run the malware you accidentally execute?
(Score: 4, Interesting) by turgid on Thursday October 23, @01:34PM (3 children)
Assuming the malware makes Windows system calls then why wouldn't it? In the MS-DOS days, viruses used to bypass the OS completely and even intercept BIOS calls and redirect them to custom routines. There were these techniques called stealth and tunneling. If Windows's memory protection is badly broken, then I suppose they could still do this. If they're running under WINE, then the whole of memory will look completely different and they probably won't work.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 31, @03:01AM
Exactly so. WINE even provides better compatibility than Windows for things like you mention. Such is the use case for WINE on WSL. However, that is the rhetorical point made. Should you scan Windows executables for Windows viruses run on WINE? The answer is "yes" if you are worried about accidentally running one and it causing problems with your system.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 14, @09:36AM
Maybe one day "everything" will be on WINE: https://blog.hiler.eu/win32-the-only-stable-abi/ [hiler.eu] 🤣
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Monday October 27, @06:21PM (3 children)
Basically i only use it when i receive a file from a Windows user and am passing it onto a Windows user.
Scan it, then tell the receiver i scanned it.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. I have always been here. ---Gaaark 2.0 --
(Score: 3, Insightful) by KritonK on Saturday November 01, @07:22AM
I run a virus scan nightly, but only because the ISO 29001 auditors at work have demanded that I do.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 01, @11:04PM
Linux only scans for viruses to save Windows systems, so don't do it. The sooner they die off, the better for the planet.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 15, @06:39PM
earthly judges, the state in particular, and human beings generally, cannot dependably evaluate the truth-claims of competing religious standpoints;
(Score: 2) by Mojibake Tengu on Tuesday November 18, @05:29PM (1 child)
What's a virus scanner?
Rust programming language offends both my Intelligence and my Spirit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 19, @09:53PM
Checks the punch card: validating PL/1 using PCR.