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onlinepersona@programming.dev to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 8 months ago

What if somebody wrote a virus that infected windows computers to replace the OS with linux?

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What if somebody wrote a virus that infected windows computers to replace the OS with linux?

onlinepersona@programming.dev to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 8 months ago
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Would their owners even notice?

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    It could be a “clever” one that only installed linux if linux compatible applications were installed. That might lower the risk of being noticed.

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