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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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[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 82 points 2 days ago

don't get software from random sites and use your package manager with distro provided repo only

[-] Vittelius@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

And if you need an app from a third party repo, pick one that includes at least rudimentary sand boxing such as flatpak/flathub

[-] ShankShill@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

And if you pegleg some games, there's an ice cream-loving wrestler (or maybe some folk that just borrowed the id) that tend to bubble wrap their warez.

If it says no network access, my Wireshark says no network is being accessed. That's all the confirmation I got.

this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2026
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