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how to be secure for idiots? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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????

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[–] 2 points 1 week ago* (10 children)

You know you can build Qubes from source right? You know you have checksums? Do you know how difficult it is to compromise something like fucking Qubes, thee OS built by people who spend upwards of 12 hours a day obsessing about cyber security? There are too many eyes on it. It's like saying Emacs is compromised.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (9 children)

    I'm not blaming Qubes OS, I'm blaming fedora. I know that Qubes OS itself is reputable and reliable. What do you mean with building from source? So you don't use the default updater?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago* (8 children)

    I'm sorry, I misread. I thought you wrote to not use Qubes. Do you have any sources regarding the stuff about Fedora? I don't mean to deboonk you, I am genuinely curious and I dislike fedora anyway for being so commercially oriented.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (7 children)

    I myself have experienced it. Of course it would be a very big event if something like that came out from a youtuber but I assure you that Im sure of it because of cosmetic changes in fonts and a lot of slow downs

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (6 children)

    I mean fonts can change due to updates. Let's say I update KDE, I might break my theming completely.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago* (5 children)

    Have you ever seen such a change that background of fonts changed from black to red? Or have you experienced such a case that usb operating system wouldnt start in any way?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Fonts changing to red is sort of weird. I would think that system fonts might be reset in the case I was talking about. What is much more worrying than that is the USB fuckery. Could still be something completely innocuous. Maybe open a Github issue?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (3 children)

    Thank you for your interest in my problem, really, it means a lot. No, I haven't opened a Github issue becayse I was sort of sure it was a virus and as that was the fifth time, I just gave it up because I have spent about 3000 euros on the systems, so I was frustrated and gave it up

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

    There are many ways you can get viruses, it might be because you added a less than good repo or for who knows what reason. Still not excluding errors on the part of fedora. Sucks though in any case.

    3000 euros

    You could just back up important data and do a fresh install, right? I would just put the stuff right back (as always: I guess do as I say not as I do) and go about my life, if you are paranoid you can wait a few months for security updates and or use virtualisation.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    In almost all of my trials, I used only tor for about a few hours with javascript off. So I'm pretty sure I got the virus from fedora and/or tor update. I just can't prpve it because using wireshark in Qubes OS is complicated (or I failed). But before that I used to use kicksecure and got a wireshark record from there. There were connections made to Github, Google and Amazon out of nowhere. I just want people to live without viruses, so I warn them.

    Unfortunately viruses invade also bios, so I had to sell the system. I know it because I tried clean install and the slow downs and wierd behaviours continued on a kicksecure pc. So why not would it not continue in a Qubes setup?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    BIOS invading viruses are somewhat rare, but new shit is coming out all the time so I wouldn't be surprised about them suddenly becoming popular. I guess flashing or resetting the bios could have helped. Anyway, good to see that it made you quit fedora (I shudder whilst typing the name). Always have positive takeaways 🙃

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