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Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection

From	pothead <pothead@snakebite.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection
Date	2025-08-28 15:45 +0000
Organization	Muffler Bearings LLC
Message-ID	<108ptja$1en22$2@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 2025-08-28, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:21:59 -0500, Hank Rogers wrote:
>
>> I thought Linux didn't have any bugs or malware.
>
> This certainly isn’t one of them.
>
>> Damn, things are getting bad.
>
> There used to be a lot more malware for Linux, back in the days when it 
> was less popular. As its popularity has gone up, it actually seems to be 
> getting more secure.
>
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware#Threats>

That's because major hardware companies like IBM are using Linux to power their mainframe
hardware management consoles and Linux is running under the covers in all types of
devices, adapters and so forth.
The same level of security does trickle down to use peon users.

-- 
pothead

"Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices.
 Then our choices make us."
-- Anne Frank

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Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Symon <symon@notice.org> - 2025-08-27 09:14 +0200
  Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2025-08-27 23:25 +0800
    Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-27 23:22 +0000
      Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-08-27 19:21 -0500
        Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-28 00:41 +0000
          Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-28 08:45 -0400
            Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-28 22:36 +0000
              Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-29 08:39 -0400
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-30 00:16 +0000
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-08-29 20:02 -0500
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-30 03:35 +0000
          Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2025-08-28 15:45 +0000
        Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-28 03:28 -0400
        Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Daniel70 <daniel47@somewhere.someplaceelse> - 2025-08-28 20:19 +1000
          Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-28 07:54 -0400
            Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-28 14:57 +0200
              Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-28 09:02 -0400
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-28 23:17 +0200
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-28 22:35 +0000
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-29 08:38 -0400
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-29 10:35 -0400
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-29 10:55 -0400
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-31 02:35 +0200
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-31 01:21 +0000
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-08-31 12:58 -0500
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-31 22:46 +0000
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-01 02:44 +0200
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-09-01 07:56 -0400
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-01 14:21 +0200
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-09-01 16:26 -0500
              Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-28 22:34 +0000
            Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-28 22:32 +0000
              Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-28 19:18 -0400
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-29 00:50 +0000
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-28 22:44 -0400
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-29 04:02 +0000
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-29 00:53 -0400
                Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-29 05:31 +0000
        Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-28 08:44 -0400
          Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-08-28 16:30 -0500
            Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-29 08:35 -0400
          Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-28 22:29 +0000
            Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-08-29 08:36 -0400
              Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-30 05:39 +0000
              Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-30 07:25 -0400
          Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-28 19:40 -0400
            Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-29 00:51 +0000
            Re: Linux Malware Delivered via Malicious RAR Filenames Evades Antivirus Detection "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-02 12:45 +0200

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