Im very paranoid about getting into piracy and im not sure if i should or it or not but there are so many things i want that i cant afford.

is there a secure linux os that i can use without a vpn? im pretty use to windows 10 but i was told linux mint is good for this kind of stuff, is that true?

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Keeping an eye out for viruses? 😂🤣

    Guess you missed the recent exploit with RAR archives where malicious actors can execute code without you even knowing, conveniently not long after Windows integrated RAR support.

    Keep an eye out for what? Any RAR from this year forward can carry a hidden embedded virus.

    • Euphoma@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Do you mean the winrar exploit? I don’t know of or can find any other exploit related to rar files. If this is what you mean, it only affects winrar which is only on windows and most people use 7zip anyways.

      • over_clox@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        RAR is an archive format. Whether people use RAR or not today is besides the point, it’s an archive format. Many people (including myself) still have RAR archives from 20 years ago.

        You think I’m just gonna ditch 2 decades of archives because of a security flaw recently discovered? I literally can’t, unless I just said fuckit, lemme burn my whole existence down and start over. Cuz someone on the net says they like 7zip better…

        Now don’t take that the wrong way, I get it. 7zip most likely is more secure. But I can’t just jump ship and burn all my previous archives in a bonfire, nor am I about to try converting terabytes of archives from RAR to 7zip.

        Also, RAR is totally a thing on Linux, as well as Wine…