You have no power here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware

I fucking hate the mentality that Linux is somehow completely safe.

Just because it isn't attacked as much because of the low adoption rate among users, doesn't mean it has no vulnerabilities.

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Wine appears in the output of ps aux.

Nervous not-an-emulator noises.

Pro tip: Infect your Windows friends with malware, then get them to switch to Linux

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Lol as if Linux is free of malware.

Security through obscurity is not security

True story, Linux sees MIME types, so if Hot.Chick.Blows.Brother.mp4 is a virus, it shows up with a Windows (MZ) binary icon, not a media icon 😉... unlike Windows which only recognizes extensions 😒.

You guys are quick to forget that Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) is, in fact, not an emulator. Most windows ransomware will successfully encrypt your files if ran with wine.

If you're feeling even more paranoid, go with something even more obscure like Plan 9 from Bell Labs. It's Unix-like but differs so much from it that a Unix or Linux type malware would do nothing to it.

but then the little Wine window appears

False sense of security. You accidentally downloaded a virus that doesn't work on your system... What kind of habits and hygiene are you rolling with on a day to day basis?

If you use Linux because of this you are just a kid following the hype

Downloading a virus has as much effect on Windows as it does on Linux and any other operating system: None.

Unless it exploits a security vulnerability with something that automatically touches the file. Like a virus scanner.

Next you're going to say https://www.cisecurity.org/benchmark/red_hat_linux exists for fearmongering.

WINE

Also...Get a whitelisting antivirus on windows.

so, I had a pendrive that a friend borrowed once. later on another friend used it and said it had virus. I simply couldn't know since I was on GNU/Linux.

though later on I cleaned it with dd.

I think the majority of exploits in metasploit are for Linux, but could be wrong.

You accidentally click it and wine starts launching:

Malware for Linux is a thing. I see it every day.

What if the virus is written in javascript

Way back in 2003, I had a school project partner over to do some work on a project. They had a floppy that was infected with some malicious stuff and had planned to utterly trash my computer with it. I only found out at a later date because some guys were asking me questions about my computer, and someone spilled the beans whenever they realised that my computer wasn't infected and was indeed still functioning completely fine....

Wine

still has power if you email or share it to someone else after you downloaded it