Quote Originally Posted by Aerith's Knight View Post
Why can't linux get any virus?

Or is linux so impopular that people don't see the trouble making one for it?
A little bit of that, but it's mostly the structure of the operating system. There's very well-defined security zones that prevent you from accessing secure locations without permission for anything, though at the same time you can install a lot in the userspace if it only requires access to the userspace (most common programs only need that). Windows has tried implementing this a few different ways, but it's a little more annoying - most of the time you either need full admin permission to do anything, or you have always-on admin access. So you either have a mostly irritating setup or an entirely un-secure setup.