• thisbenzingring@lemmy.today
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    23 days ago

    Add to this, use Linux when dealing with sketchy things that you downloaded from sketchy places. If you configured it correctly, it won’t be too difficult to undo any potential issues

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      23 days ago

      What about Linux is easier than a similarly prepped windows device?

      Unless it’s changed recently, windows you just need to press a button during load (like bios) to boot into safe mode. And from there you can reload a variety of “snapshots” to recover from most malware issues.

      How is Linux easier than that, I don’t use Linux, but windows is incredibly simple already.

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        23 days ago

        Mostly that the malware has a much higher chance of escaping containment on a Windows install, because it’s designed to attack Windows.

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          22 days ago

          Do you not know what loading a recovery snap shot does? It doesn’t matter if it escapes. Whatever was new is removed since it’s restoring your harddrive to a previous state. It’s like a backup harddrive, without being external.

          There’s ways for the malware to disable recovery mode, but I would assume the same could happen to Linux as well.

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      23 days ago

      Boot into windows safe mode and load a recovery image? Are you implying that it’s somehow difficult on windows just to bash them?