Can a virus downloaded on Ubuntu infect my Windows partition?
Asked by
Xingmin
on 2011-09-17
Hi, I'm a Ubuntu beginner. So a stupid question here...
I'm running a duel boot system, Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7. I'm also using a external hard drive.
It is possible that a Windows virus might be downloaded when I'm using Ubuntu and infect Windows and my external hard drive when I switch to Windows 7? Thanks for any help!
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- 2011-09-17
Yes, it can be possible. If you want sure that what you download is not a virus for Windows, you can use antivirus on Windows or on Ubuntu, like clamav:
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