linux isnt immune to viruses even though its not as bad as windows

what should i do to be safe if i have a safe browser, vm, but pirate and download risky things? i know its a vm but i still dont want to have to delete everything in the vm if something happens. also the malware doesnt go to the router and spread rigt???

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
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    8 天前

    If you’ve already got Qubes and Xen Hypervisor running, your technical level is high enough for sure. And honestly, your security is already probably good enough.

    Qubes has very secure defaults, I don’t think you need to do anything else, honestly what you have already might be overkill, but idk your use case.

    Make sure you can’t see your torrent/download machine VM from any other devices on your network. Use Nmap as long as it’s your network. Don’t use it on a corporate or university network, it will likely get your device totally locked out and you in big trouble.

    • lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      7 天前

      no need to glaze me lol i just installed it and dont know how to do anything lol it boots but it has a lot of problems idk how to fix

      what do u do if it is visible? ( ihavent downloaded yet i looked at the site and i have no iddea what to do so much info)