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Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux?

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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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is there any Windows virus that affect linux? Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2017-12-12 01:00 +0100
  Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-12-12 03:50 +0100
    Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux? Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm> - 2017-12-12 10:50 +0100
      Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-12-12 11:10 +0100
        Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux? Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm> - 2017-12-12 11:20 +0100
          Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-12-12 11:30 +0100
        Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux? "x9p" <debian@x9p.org> - 2017-12-13 01:30 +0100
          Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux? tomas@tuxteam.de - 2017-12-13 09:20 +0100
            Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux? "x9p" <debian@x9p.org> - 2017-12-13 12:40 +0100
            Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux? Jeroen Mathon <jeroenmathonmac@gmail.com> - 2017-12-13 13:20 +0100
              Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2017-12-13 17:50 +0100
                Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-12-13 18:40 +0100
                Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux? "x9p" <debian@x9p.org> - 2017-12-14 02:50 +0100
            Re: is there any Windows virus that affect linux? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2017-12-13 17:40 +0100

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