linux isnt immune to viruses even though its not as bad as windows

what should i do to be safe if i have a safe browser, vm, but pirate and download risky things? i know its a vm but i still dont want to have to delete everything in the vm if something happens. also the malware doesnt go to the router and spread rigt???

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    It’s best to start using different OSs for different things assuming that no single OS is truly safe

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      21 hours ago

      Well you can just some windows is always unsafe.

      I’d argue it’s literally the worst virus, tbh. It’s terrible at literally EVERYTHING, annnnd (for activated versions that didn’t come with your hardware) costs money.

      And after all that, you still gotta deal with the Windows virus itself.

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        20 hours ago

        Windows is always unsafe.

        That is exactly the point. You want to create a psychological boundary, you treat it as a disposable system so you never put any valuable data on it in the first place

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          That’s not a good enough reason to use it, even disposably, even as a throwaway, ever. Unless your producing music or video and can’t adapt to the alternatives, or something like that, there’s no reason to use Windows at all.

          No matter how many different layers of virtualization you use, then just different fistros. Never Windows.

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        OP is the kind of user who used Tails on his own computer to log into his Gmail account. He has grammar issues and thinks Linux is this hacker OS that makes you anonymous and impossible to hack

        Let’s be real, do you think this is the best thing for OP who is presumably a child?

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          i mean if op is a legit kid, i’d rather lead them to the world of linux than windows. at least that’s what worked nicely for me

          and please don’t accuse people of grammar issues unless it’s very obvious they’re trolling. english is not everyone’s first language. i’m also not a native speaker and struggle writing basic shits quite occasionally

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            I’m not a native speaker either. I mentioned his writing to point out he is literally a kid, not to mock his grammar. You can look at his account and see his posts

            ​You want to “lead him to Linux” but he clearly just wants to pirate stuff and we all know this community will mock him the second he breaks his system

            ​Instead of naively thinking about how this elitist community will “nourish” him, it would be infinitely more useful to teach him about attack surfaces and keeping personal data off a risky system entirely