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AV, as already stated, is close to useless with new threads, as also are 'strong tech support community which provides malware removal programs and instructions'. If you need not to worry about threads, then you've already lost.As long as you have a good anti-virus software (I even have a program for my Linux distro) and access to a strong tech support community which provides malware removal programs and instructions, you need not worry too much about viruses.
And lack of trust.In the end, personal responsibility and common sense is the best anti-virus measure.
Wrong, you are overgeneralizing. What motivates a 'hacker' (from the script kiddie to the über haxxor, from the white to the black hats plus any good dev, if you feel you want an 'historical' definition) can vary enourmously.I did not say "only" but a truly talented hacker would not be someone trying to show off as a dev while he should remain in the shadows because of what he does. Or am I wrong?
No, I blame you for copy-pasting without mentioning the source, and without really understanding the content.Indeed the generic list Urwumpe criticized, was a copy-paste of a list that is available for employees at the company. So it looks like the company has IT people who present generic and incorrect info. Do not blame me, blame IT dept.
Don't mix the Linux environment with Windows environment. Linux does not care about extensions at all, and not all infection vectors are about running a malicious executable.Well, yes and no. Generally the OS (Windows does this most) looks at the extension on a file to determine what to do with it when the user opens it. Now I've never tried renaming an executable as a .txt file on Windows, but I just did some experimenting on my Ubuntu system here. An ELF named as a txt, and with the executable flag set, will give the option to either execute or open as a text file, as with a shell script. When named as a jpeg, however, no attempt is made to execute the file, and the OS goes straight to trying to open it with Gimp. So as far as direct, user-requested execution, files without executable extensions are not as much of a threat. (Executable extension, however, can mean an extension that is opened by a program that can carry out arbitrary actions based on commands it finds in a file, such as a shell script).