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Can Ransomware migrate from an infected PC to uninfected Linux computers on a network?
My roommate's company was recently hit by a comprehensive Ransomware attack and she has been working from home via our home network. All the other computers in our house other than her work machine ...
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Why don't Unix/Linux don't get malware while Windows does? [closed]
Windows is a commercial OS, so it should probably be the more secure one, as it's the moral/professional duty of people who are making money out of it.
But Linux, which is open-source to both good ...
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Can my Linux-mint become vulnerable after updating?
According to Linux Mint's blog post:
The website of linux-mint is hacked and some ISOs are replaced with
backdoored operating system.
I am installing my operating system from a few weeks ago. ...
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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.
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Virus on vdi files dangerous for host machine? [duplicate]
I want to use the preinstalled vdi files from virtualboxes.org because it saves me time having it already built for me (what's not to like?).
I don't know if they have viruses on them (they very well ...
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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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Strange Virus Infecting My Server
I am currently working on a Web App on my dedicated server (LAMP) and it seems like it might be infected with some strange malware/virus of some kind.
When I access some domains on that server (every ...
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Will running Linux in a virtual machine inside Windows prevent viruses?
I got affected by a nasty fake antivirus tool yesterday. I was using Windows Vista and I had Microsoft Security Essentials installed, but they were no use.
My question is: if I run Ubuntu Linux ...
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Is Linux vulnerable to Java drive-by exploits?
Is Linux vulnerable to Java drive-by exploits?
Another computer I run on windows 7 just notified me that it was infected through Java, and I'm wondering if my Linux box (ubuntu 10) with Java ...
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