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how to be secure for idiots? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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linux isnt immune to viruses even though its not as bad as windows

what should i do to be safe if i have a safe browser, vm, but pirate and download risky things? i know its a vm but i still dont want to have to delete everything in the vm if something happens. also the malware doesnt go to the router and spread rigt????

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[–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

Windows is always unsafe.

That is exactly the point. You want to create a psychological boundary, you treat it as a disposable system so you never put any valuable data on it in the first place

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    That's not a good enough reason to use it, even disposably, even as a throwaway, ever. Unless your producing music or video and can't adapt to the alternatives, or something like that, there's no reason to use Windows at all.

    No matter how many different layers of virtualization you use, then just different fistros. Never Windows.

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