How True That Linux Is Virus Free?

[bizmaxpower]

Tremendous day fellow Symbianizers I just want to know, how true that Linux operating system is virus free? Waiting for your reply, greatly appreciated!

 

[MinenskiePortal]

Hindi sya virus free. Mas less lang talaga ma infect kase almost lahat ng virus/malware were made for windows platform kase nandon ang pera. Bibihira lang ang malalaking company na nagrerely sa LINUX platform. Nag rerelease din ng mga security patches ang Linux so it means vulnerable din.

 

[gelnee]

Kung san maraming biktima dun syempre maraming ng bibiktima. Pero kahit kaunti lang ang nagamit ng Linux meron paring gagawa ng virus para jan. Mas maunti nga lang kumpara sa mga bintana

 

[gabotron]

Malaking tulong rin ang distribution system ng mga software sa Linux. Dahil free and open source siya, halos lahat ng kakailanganin mo ay mada-download mo sa official sources o repositories. Di mo na need ng cracked o modified executables from questionable sources.

Tsaka with modern technologies like Virtualization, Containerization, Snapshot Management na madaling i-integrate o kaya built-in na sa Linux, mas mahirap nang magpakalat ng virus infection sa system.

Pero marami rin namang exploits sa Linux. Halimbawa, very common ang mga log entries na ito sa isang Linux web server na walang firewall rules:

POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
GET /admin/pma/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1
GET /mysqladmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1
GET /MySQLAdmin/scripts/setup.php HTTP/1.1
sshd[xxxxx]: Failed password for root from xx.xx.xx.xx  port 39529 ssh2
sshd[xxxxx]: Failed password for admin from xx.xx.xx.xx  port 40444 ssh2
[ftpd]: [www] FAIL LOGIN: Client "xxx.xx.xxx.xx"
[ftpd]: [anonymous] FAIL LOGIN: Client "xxx.xx.xxx.xx"
[ftpd]: [username] FAIL LOGIN: Client "xxx.xx.xxx.xx"

So kapag na-exploit ang computer, whether it be Windows, Linux, BSD or MacOS, pwede siyang maging part ng botnet, maging proxy/tunnel o kaya maging bulk mailer to deliver spam.

While it is true that Linux has very little viruses, it is still prone to vulnerabilities like any other operating system.

 

[PX2000]

Not so true!

hindi nmn virus free ang linux with (hardened) security lang talaga siya compare sa windows at hindi ito pang normal user na OS kaya walang mapapala ang attacker sa OS na walang mga bobong mabibiktima..

 

[bizmaxpower]

@ Mr. MinenskiePortal, OK thanks for your share on the thread!

 

[Android 20]

Definitely not! Do you guys know one of the largest DDoS attack? Mirai (Japanese for "the future", 未来) is a malware that turns networked devices running Linux into remotely controlled "bots" that can be used as part of a botnet in large-scale network attacks. More info here at wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirai_(malware)

 

[thorin06]

meron vulnerability rin si linux pero mas in-demand sa windows.

sa infra namin meron isa pa resign na vpn user na nagkalat ng malware/virus. inabot ng weeks bago ma resolved ang issue. less hassle choose linux

 

[XenoXavier]

I think Mali ang pananaw mo,

Sa Linux kasi lahat ay files and folders included ang mga hard drives and pen drives, and also Linux ay open source, besides totoo lang maraming Server ay Linux ang Operating system rather than Microsoft, reasons why.
1. FREE because of GNU License
2. Virus Free because I said all are files and folders
3. Madaling gamitin
4. Much secured.

 

[thabertz]

salamt poooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[WakaTok]

Hindi totoo yun may mga virus parin yan iilan ngalang dahil kaunti lang user nito at saka yung android linux base yun pre may virus diba.

 

[r1bnc]

Note: Linux is yung kernel lang dapat na tawag ay GNU/Linux dahil GNU ang gumawa ng OS ginamit lang nila ang kernel na Linux dahil hindi pa tapos ang Hurd kernel na dinedevelop nila. Hindi prone sa virus ang GNU/Linux pero depende yan kung anong configuration mo, walang system and One hundred percent virus free, dahil tao lang din ang gumawa sa kanila, merong mga bugs na puwedeng maging vulnerability.Dahil free and open source and gnu/linux systems mas madaling ma gawan ng paraan ang mga nakikita na bugs, update mo lang gamit ang package manager mo, at meron pang mga securiy enhanced distributions ka na puwede mong gamitin na secure talaga. Tulad ng Tails, heads, Qubes, Trisquel atbp. Eto mga tips para maiwasan ang viruses:- Wag mag install sa untrusted sources- Wag gamiting ang root account unless na kelangan mo- Wag bumisita sa mga website na alam mong me virus- Idisable ang javascript- Gumamit ng free and open source softwares at hardware [Librebooted laptop]- Gumamit ng adblocker tulad ng ublock- Mag-implement ng firewalls, intrusion prevention systems sa network [kung server use ang gnu/linux mo]- Magbasa ng mga articles regarding sa cyber attacks