Actually, no. Windows viruses can work well in wine. You still have to be careful in that regard.
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Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 year agoIt’s better I fact. There’s a lot less worry about installing a virus.
EatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 1 year ago
(Not so) fun fact, a lot of Windows viruses work under Wine on Linux. If you have ransomware bundled with your pirated media, it will likely also encrypt your Linux files.
Use Bottles as a Flatpak, isolate all your applications from each other and from your host system.