Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything

Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything by didntcheck on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @02:59PM (#36699980)

I would guess most of those are tools aimed at developers, who can take that risk if they wish. For most users, almost anything they want is either in official repos, or in Flatpaks, which offer some sandboxing (although I guess a malicious Flatpak could just ask for excessive permissions, like a random apk)

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Re:Windows is the malware compatibility layer for everything by the_af on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @03:13PM (#36700172)

Developers are less common than regular users, but still they are among the "common" users of operating systems, so that use case must be handled. Malware on Windows also gets distributed in tools supposedly for developers, after all.

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