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Is Linux safe from NetBIOS viruses
I don't understand anything about computer viruses, but I have a very simple question:
If a virus targets NetBIOS, is a computer running Ubuntu safe?
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How to recognize mounted media only in ubuntu VM in windows?
In many of schools in Turkey there is a virus and you can easily get just by plugging in a flash drive. It's like a joke virus but it's annoying. Anyway... linux is not affected by this virus so when ...
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how do I create an AVG bootable USB device from Linux?
Per AVG instructions on creating a bootable USB device:
Using the RAR/ZIP archive to create a USB bootable device
To create a USB flash drive variant of AVG Rescue CD, you will need to do the ...
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System32 folder is empty
This computer got infected by some malware and Windows boots completely fine. I get to the login screen, enter the password and I can access, but them I'm greeted by the virus and I'm unable to do ...
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ubuntu infected by something from windows
when sharing some files with one of my friends who uses windows, i found a suspicious file in his pen-drive, deleted from it, but after that my trash can shows its full, deleted everything , but its ...
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How to create a virus isolating environment to run children games
I have a Linux Centos 6 server in the garage without a monitor or keyboard, and it does not hold any sensitive information.
My wife has a Windows 7 laptop which she surfs the Internet, checks emails, ...
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If I run an infected file on VMware does my main OS gets infected as well? [duplicate]
If it does or could potentially happen what about if I have linux (as an alternative installed native OS) and run VMware in linux to run a windows virtual machine and run it in there?
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Windows Viruses Infected ext4 drive
I have a drive thats formatted as ext4 and being used by my linux install. It recently got infected by some viruses and clamav is just pathetic as it asks to delete each file, something which i would ...
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Can a windows virus downloaded in linux be transferred to windows? [duplicate]
I know that linux is mostly safe from viruses, however: if you do download a windows virus (i.e., through a drive-by download), will it just sit there on your computer, and take up space? Is it unable ...
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Are there posibilities for someone to break into my computer other than having installed malware first? [closed]
Mostly interested about OS X, GNU/Linux. Assume a default configuration, not too weak, not too hardened.
Exclude downloads of malware or physical access to computer to install malware.
