Are there viruses on linux?

Question

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Hello. I want to change the system from windows 10 to linux, because windows 10 and windows in general get too many viruses. Develop the myth please or confirm it "Are there viruses on linux?"

Answer 1

Yes, there are viruses.

Answer 2

today win 10 is no longer win xp - 7 - 8
a fairly powerful system that is not inferior to linux
and I’ll even say that linux is much more capricious than windows
for an unprepared user to use linux will not be comfortable
, you need to at least be an advanced user,
I myself use ubuntu but win 10 too and I will say more that I have never caught viruses either there or not there
today, Linux has exactly as many pluses as win 10

Answer 3

I don’t understand how you manage to pick up viruses in Windows?
I install about a dozen programs a day, but I already forgot when I heard anything about viruses at all. And I have an insider's ten, it's like 10 Pro, but I get alphas as a tester. And nothing falls down.
I tried about 50 different Linuxes (at one time I posted reviewers and screenshots on one forum), and almost all of my Linuxes died for a maximum of a week of testing. Just went to bed because...because.
So, if you really want to switch to Linux, you need to seriously study which distribution kit you need. And you need, most likely, will be Mint or Ubuntu, or Elementary. And that's it. You will not find viruses there. Especially if you use normal user, not root, access. However, if you did it in Windows as well (you worked under USER, not ADMIN), you would not notice any viruses in Windows either! But for some reason, in Windows you most likely did not work under the "user". And take it then and in Linux, if you please, constantly work under the root, and then tell us how everything is rosy and did not lay anything.

Answer 4

Now, in most cases, infection occurs through user actions, and not by itself. There are significantly fewer viruses under Linux, of course, and the likelihood of running into one, respectively, is also less, but if you have such a problem under Windows, then it will potentially be on Linux as well. It is better to learn how to use a computer more safely in the first place. =)

Answer 5

let's just say - the probability of catching a virus under Linux exists, but it is an order of magnitude (or even two) less than under Windows, even if Windows is hung with antiviruses and Linux is left as is

Answer 6

Viruses are everywhere. But not everyone gets them. In Linux, they are more difficult to pick up, because:
1. There are fewer of them.
2. They are more difficult to launch for execution.
3. The software is downloaded from the verified repository with a command in the terminal or through the package / application manager. And most of the actions come down to editing configuration files in the terminal, text editor or graphics.
4. Everything requires the user to have at least some understanding. And if the user understands what's what, then the probability of infection is greatly reduced exponentially. This applies to absolutely all operating systems.
5. In Linux, mostly free - free software. Therefore, this implies that no cracks need to be downloaded. The bulk of viruses on Windows are distributed mainly in cracks or in broken software. Here psychology works: a person is ready to make sacrifices in order to run paid software - turn off the antivirus, grant administrator rights where they are not required at all. If this is done in Linux, then nothing will protect the user, especially since administrator rights in Linux have to be granted more often. Because almost every sneeze in Linux asks for privilege escalation.
In general, the advantages of Linux are its disadvantages in the first place. It takes a little more time to solve any issues, less software, and the one that is, sometimes it may not solve the tasks.
This is from the main.
If you act like in Windows: download everything, run everything, execute arbitrary dubious code from the Internet. That not a single wasp will save.
Here, in fact, the question is deep and the causes of infection with viruses are much deeper. But the bulk of infections occur through the fault of the user. As for vulnerabilities, they are enough for any OS. If the user's PC wants to be hacked purposefully, then no OS will save it. Only the lack of Internet will save: D ))) Look how the servers are broken, and most of them are not on Windows.
Well, in conclusion, I don’t understand the dispute on the topic: which OS is better? Better one that delivers less inconvenience and problems. You need to be able to use any OS. Otherwise, everything will eventually go to waste. I will say this, certain tasks are more convenient to perform in Linux, others in Windows. Each OS has its own needs. I have both Windows and Linux installed on my PC. The main system is Linux, namely Debian. The second system is Windows 10 LTSC. Reinstalled recently just in case for special software. I download it very, very rarely. I also play on Linux.