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Can a Virus Enter via Ubuntu and affect Windows in dual boot?
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Mar 15, 202615110 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have a Windows XP Pro dual booting with Ubuntu Jaunty Jackelope on a single hard drive. On Windows XP I have a Eset NOD 32 while on Ubuntu I have no antivirus installed. While working on the internet via Ubuntu, if a virus gets into my PC, it might probably not do much damage to Ubuntu as most of…
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In theory, yes there is a risk. In the real world - almost no chance. Keep in mind that malware needs to be executed before it can do any damage. If you have malware.exe, simply having it does nothing, the file needs to be executed. If it's opening …
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