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Infected games under Proton. (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 months ago by cyborganism@lemmy.ca to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I was just wondering what would happen if I downloaded a game that was infected by a computer virus and ran it in Linux using Proton.

Has this happened to anyone? How would the virus behave? What files, connections or devices would it have access to? Could it be as damaging as running in in Windows?

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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Ah see I didn't think of the flatpak aspect. But if you download a game from some shady source and want to run it via flatpak Steam, how would you go about it?

I only use Steam as a regular deb install.

[–] dillekant@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

If you don't use steam because it's a shady source, I guess Bottles would be your go-to. I think parent is talking about if you bought a game off steam.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

No no, I mean if someone downloads an infected pirated game from some shady website. I consider Steam to be very secure.

[–] dillekant@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In that case Steam flatpak isn't really what you want. You probably want to use Bottles, which creates a flatpak-like sandbox. This is not a guarantee or anything, but does give you some protection (at least, better than running it on Windows I guess).

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Neat! Man I'm learning so much in this thread it's crazy. Thank you!

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