Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux?
Ill ask another question here. Is having dual boot Windows 10 (or 7 or
8) and Linux a security risk? Will malicious Windows programs gain
access to Linux files (files in the Linux partition?)? Does GPT help
here?
thanks,
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017, at 09:31 PM, Dan Purgert wrote:
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> Long Wind wrote:
> > i have Windows XP and Linux on one diskis there any XP virus that can
> > spread to linux?
> > Thanks!
>
>
> Generally no, given that Windows and Linux use different executable
> formats. That being said, you can still spread infected files around --
> that is, if you download an infected file under linux, when you try to
> open it under windows, it'll infect your windows install.
>
> That being said, Windows XP should be banned from any form of external
> communications -- it's quite dead and forgotten by Microsoft.
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