if linux is completely virus free,then please answer me....?

Question

i wanted to know that if linux is virus free,then do virus get killed/inactivated in linux os or they remain dormant and can infect windows system via any usb device....
i mean can virus remain dormant in linux and later on infect other os when they get favourable conditions as they do in nature..............

Answer 1

Simply said yes you will have no problems with viruses in Linux. It is not that a system is infected with viruses that is normal like Microsoft Windows it is THE OTHER WAY AROUND. Any decent OS should be immune to most viruses without having to install antiviruses, anti-spyware adware etc.



A virus on linux is not dormant or deactivated it simply is DEPRIVED from any capacity to infect the core of the OS because 1- you need root acess to execute the file 2- linux automatically deactivate files coming from the internet 3-linux does NOT have a registry like windows that can easily be infected 4 playing with file endings to mascarade a virus as is SO COMMON on Windows file extension are meaning less in Linux etc etc



Yes if a Windows file is on a linux computer say a folder and you put that folder on a usb flash drive and connect it to a Windows computer then it may get infected.



simply in linux for most users security means commonsense like not unveiling personal info on the web using https url when buying a product and having a firewall on at all times.



let our Windows friends reformat their hd all the time and reinstall Windows Mac and Linux users can enjoy their computer without worry.



RICK

Answer 2

viruses are executable files which linux cannot run (.EXE is a windows extension). A UNIX operating system could transfer a virus, but it would have to be done manually. The virus could not execute itself in order to "infect" another computer when conditions were "more favorable."



Computer virus != biological virus.

Answer 3

Linux and Viruses

http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/items/viruses/index.php?lang=



Linux and Security

http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/items/security/index.php?lang=



Having read the information above this does not mean Linux is immune

http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/284124-myth-busting-is-linux-immune-to-viruses



Although infected files will not affect Linux they will still be there. So as soon as you boot in to your Windows installation your PC will be infected as the viruses were specifically written for Windows





LUg.

Answer 4

Linux is not completely virus free. I'm not sure where you heard such a ridiculous claim, but it is far from the truth.



Linux systems have less virus problems, for many reasons. First, since Linux uses open-source software (code that anyone can see), the source code has to be robust. Second, since businesses tend to use Windows, it is Windows software which is targeted more often. Third, since a Linux user tends to be a "computer person", a virus doesn't usually wreak havoc before it's detected by a Linux user.

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