[eestrada]

The best anti malware on any version of windows has always been to not run windows.

[fortran77]

We're all very impressed that you're such a 1337 h4x0r that you run Arch Linux and not Windo$e.

See also

https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/macos-notlockbit-evolving-r...

and

https://blog.sekoia.io/helldown-ransomware-an-overview-of-th...

[akimbostrawman]

I don't see how those links are relevant. Nobody claimed there is no malware on linux.

However the feature and culture of software distribution very much makes it safer. The overwhelming majority of malware gets distributed over ads from websites or search results. Package manager prominently used by all linux distros remove that attack vector or at the very least minimize it.

Ofc it does not prevent somebody from still executing random binaries from the internet if they really want to, nothing does.

[udev4096]

I wouldn't be surprised if attackers started leveraging Wine for not going through the hassle of cross-compiling for different operating systems