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minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoAnyone know if I should be worrying about this as a Rimworld player on the Linux version of Steam w/Proton?
minus-squareFireWire400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoMost likely not, most malware still exclusively targets Windows
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months ago Most likely not, most malware still exclusively target Windows Always wondered how the internals of Proton works, as far as what part of the Linux OS does it expose to its internal Windows sandbox. Thanks for the reply/thoughts.
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoFor the person who downvoted me, I wouldn’t mind an elaboration/education? Was it downvoted because the Linux internals are not exposed to the running app from inside the Proton Windows container?
minus-squareFizz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI just stumbled upon this post and I know its old as fuck but Proton doesnt sandbox. Windows syscalls will be converted to linux sys calls and can still be dangerous.
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoAppreciate the answer, thanks. Anti Commercial-AI license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Anyone know if I should be worrying about this as a Rimworld player on the Linux version of Steam w/Proton?
Most likely not, most malware still exclusively targets Windows
Always wondered how the internals of Proton works, as far as what part of the Linux OS does it expose to its internal Windows sandbox.
Thanks for the reply/thoughts.
For the person who downvoted me, I wouldn’t mind an elaboration/education?
Was it downvoted because the Linux internals are not exposed to the running app from inside the Proton Windows container?
I just stumbled upon this post and I know its old as fuck but Proton doesnt sandbox. Windows syscalls will be converted to linux sys calls and can still be dangerous.
Appreciate the answer, thanks.
Anti Commercial-AI license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)