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What if somebody wrote a virus that infected windows computers to replace the OS with linux? (programming.dev)
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Would their owners even notice?

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[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

It could be a "clever" one that only installed linux if linux compatible applications were installed. That might lower the risk of being noticed.

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