Still Using Windows 10 Beyond Oct.14th 2025 ?

[Judge]

There is a sort of virus software for Linux called Clam. It doesn't remove any viruses, it doesn't need to, Linux is immune. All it does is point them out to you so that you don't accidentally email infected files to some poor dickhead still running Windows.

LOL. Yep....if you use portable media with common file formats for both Linux and Windows, having Clam might be useful in detecting malware that can harm Windows. I did have one experience where it detected a virus in Winetricks. That's about as good as it gets...

Otherwise in Linux alone it's utterly inconsequential. Then again it's just as easy to keep your portable media exclusive to each operating system.

 

[velociraptor]

Because it can not get a virus.

Viruses don't replicate on Linux systems like Windows systems because of the permission model, but they are not immune to being cracked. All it takes is not keeping on top of your installed apps on a Web server (e.g. Wordpress or someone finding a way to do SQL injection and then they have user access. One web shell later they're poking around for the next opening and BANG, your server is rooted and cryptomining Monero or part of a botnet.

Can't be too paranoid about security, especially when you drive around in a vintage OS.

 

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All it takes is not keeping on top of your installed apps on a Web server (e.g. Wordpress or someone finding a way to do SQL injection and then they have user access. One web shell later they're poking around for the next opening and BANG, your server is rooted and cryptomining Monero or part of a botnet.

A server is a very different situation to people's worry about end of support for Win10.

Naturally you'd be using a Linux server, wouldn't you? And if you're going to that trouble naturally you'd keep all your PHP and SQL up to date to prevent security hacks - they're usually updated pretty bloody quick in Linux. And those sorts of hacks aren't exploited by bots because they're gone again quicker than a bot can be created for it, those hacks require a human to actively attack your system.

There's an old addage about home security that also often applies to internet access - locks only keep honest people out. Relying on a third party's software to keep you safe is nowhere near as effective as your own vigilance.