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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Is there no website to check them before installing? Or it is not worth the time in Linux? Similar to VM or sandboxed system?>

Something similar to: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload

I use it to check APK downloads before putting it on my phone.

Anyone know more about this?

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can use virustotal for any game/file under 650MBs; This meme was created as a joke, good security practices should always be followed.

No anti virus will be 100% accurate, viruses get missed all the time, while legitimate software can acquire false flags.

I would never recommend just running a random .exe you find on the internet with wine as any non-root protected files could potentially be damaged; With Bottles (the application) all files outside of the created bottle are not visible to programs ran/installed inside the bottle.

If you really want to try something, throwing caution to the wind, running it in a wine BOTTLE that's created just for that program, has a low chance of damaging your computer. (This does not mean "safe")

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Especially if you have Bottles installed as the Flatpak.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Sand-boxing only works fully if you have the Flatpak; Thanks for mentioning this as I forgot to specify!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the meme!

Yeah, meme or not if I can learn something I will ask a question, hahahaha

Thanks for taking the time to explain it further!

Have an awesome day!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

No problem!

The pursuit of knowledge is endless; It's good to ask questions, but always do your own research too, as myself or anyone else could not know what they're talking about.

I hope you have a great day as well!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You don't need to upload anything to virustotal, just hash the file and paste it in to the search

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