• cm0002@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      67
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      8 months ago

      Hate to tell you this, but Linux nor MacOS are safe without AV

      It’s just Windows, by far, has the largest share of active systems so everyone targets it. Both MacOS and Linux have their own share of bonafide viruses though

      • thefartographer@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        65
        ·
        8 months ago

        Hate to tell you this, but nuh-uh! My Linux server is just going through a phase where it likes to collect porn ads and share credit card info with Russia!

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        6 months ago

        have their own share

        for Reeeeeeeeeeally small values of ‘share’.

        "Wait! There was Lion! And … … … "

    • Perfide@reddthat.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      17
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      8 months ago

      It’s still not actually needed for experienced users though, I haven’t had a virus in over 10 years, so it hasn’t had anything to catch.

      Boy oh boy did it freak the fuck out about the exe I compiled myself from a python script I wrote myself, though. Had to specifically exclude it from defender to stop it from quarantining it every time it ran. All it does is check to see if a link on a website has been updated since last look…

      • pivot_root@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        16
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        8 months ago

        This is the main takeaway that people seem to be missing: follow good computer hygiene, and you’ll be fine.

        Keep your shit updated, and don’t download/run things you don’t trust. Keep an unintrusive anti-virus running in the background as a backup just in case there’s a supply chain attack, but don’t rely on it to make your decisions on whether to open a file or not.

        • shneancy@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          16
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          8 months ago

          golden rules of PC hygine:

          don’t use an admin account as your main account

          if you haven’t directly triggered it yourself, the answer to that pop-up is “no”