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Linux Virus (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] CabbageRelish@midwest.social 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Viruses absolutely exists for Linux, extremely severe ones too.

[–] LadyCajAsca@hexbear.net 13 points 5 months ago

true, but this is funny too

[–] BoblinTheGoblin@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

I don't see where it's implied they don't?

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 8 points 5 months ago

I feared I was going to laugh out loud and wake up the lady of the house. Its hilarious!

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

So the strategy works!
Just need to open a bitcoin wallet now and add it as a resource file in an executable that seems like it would be a malware and "report" it to someone who will do this stuff.

[–] mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That sounds about right, maybe they should have not used AI to make it lol

[–] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

I think this image is over 10 years old by now. It was created before "vibe coding" was a thing.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Sounds about right

[–] marduk@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 months ago

I love this story, and I also love slowly watching the image quality descent to jpeg