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Antiviruses?
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this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2025
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That is an old myth. There are less viruses for Linux because there are less users. But if you do things like install priated games, you have the same risk as on windows
Wine is not an emulator. It's not sandboxed either. If you can do it as a user, a program running in wine can do it too.
There's nothing stopping a piece of malware from crawling your disk for sensitive information, or encrypting your files for ransom.
To prove your point even more, WannaCrypt has a platinum rating on WineHQ.