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I don't know why Linux users think they're completely immune to malware. Yes it's very unlikely that something gains root access if you run it without super-user privileges, but that program can still access your home folder and look at all your private data.
And even if it is a .sh file, you'd still have to change it's permissions before it could do anything
If wine installed, there is a big chance that the exe can be started by simply doubleckicking on it. A lot of windows programs can run in wine without any specific setup, e.g. a basic crypto miner.
Its mostly harmless. Here is a paper from 2019
Curious if those percentages are still true, Windows compatability has improved a lot in the past 4 years.
Give it a go
It is very unlikely that someone is gonna bother creating malware for Linux unless it's a targeted attack
Eh. I only ever open pirated movie/video files from within a docker container (Plex server) running in a VM. I don't think I have much to worry about.
We don’t - but the risk is minuscule compared to windows. The actual chance of finding some working Linux malware in the wild is practically zero.
Oh no, it would be a shame if someone saw my naughty pictures.