linux isnt immune to viruses even though its not as bad as windows
what should i do to be safe if i have a safe browser, vm, but pirate and download risky things? i know its a vm but i still dont want to have to delete everything in the vm if something happens. also the malware doesnt go to the router and spread rigt???
don’t get software from random sites and use your package manager with distro provided repo only
And if you need an app from a third party repo, pick one that includes at least rudimentary sand boxing such as flatpak/flathub