With the increase popularity of the linux desktop and the steamdeck, will new viruses and malwares be developed for linux systems? should we better use an antivirus?

  • joel_feila@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    plus if your someone that makes malware are you really going to waste time making a linux version of your malware or just stick to the windows version.

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      1 year ago

      This also assumes that Linux is vulnerable the same way that Windows is for the software, which is probably isn’t.