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A single .sh file with exec permission that asks for sudo will easily download appimage keyloggers and then set a cron job to run it every X time to keep it alive and sends it all to whatever remote location. Or whatever else you let the appimage do.
95% of regular users will double click that, and then write their pass in the popup without blinking twice and that will work in most Linux systems.
Most viruses don't target Linux, sure, but that's wishful thinking. Always be creful with what you run.