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Originally Posted by Kaomie
That is quite an optimistic point of view you have 
Probably the most dangerous flaw to any OS, the user absolute trust into the system security  |
It's not impossible, but it is virtually improvable. Linux was built with security in mind. Something that was an afterthought for Windows. Even IF a virus got onto your system, you'll be running at a normal user so you'll be unable to do any major damage.
In Linux, you have to rely on an application exploit to even try to do any dmg. Given the speed of patches (1-2 day turnarounds) it's improvable Linux would be hacked.