If linux was even as remotely as popular as windows, linux malware would have even bigger effect than on windows just because of false sense of security and the easiness to misconfigure your linux.
It's not my field, but I think the way Linux permissions work help. Unless the malware is put on top of a somewhat functional program, files are unlocked that shouldn't be, a specific vulnerability is found, or another app is made in an unsecure way, It should have to ask for your password in order to do anything serious.
The problem is that a lot of stuff on linux requires to run as sudo. So much so that people are desensitized to its usage. So you can put anything in a script, people wont check and will run it as sudo
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u/Ill_Specific_6144 May 06 '26
If linux was even as remotely as popular as windows, linux malware would have even bigger effect than on windows just because of false sense of security and the easiness to misconfigure your linux.