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quamserenayesterday at 12:30 AM1 replyview on HN

By scanning downloaded binaries for known viruses?


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GeekyBearyesterday at 12:44 AM

A text command pasted into the terminal isn't a binary.

Convincing a Linux user to paste rm -rf / into the terminal is not malware. It's social engineering.

Scanning binaries for known malware is already built into the OS.

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